spiderwort

plural spiderworts

1. A perennial plant of the Tradescantia genus, found in clumps in woodland and meadow.

   In May, when coyotes howl beneath an unnervingly large moon, taller plant, such as spiderworts and black-eyed Susans, begin to creep over the tinier blooms, stealing their light and water.

   2021 (originally published 2017, adapted 2021), David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon: Adapted for Younger Readers, page 1

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   One morning she had me traipsing out at the crack of dawn for prickly poppy, toadflax, spiderwort, and skeleton weed. If that doesn't sound like the makings of a witch's brew, then I'm the queen of England.

   2010, Clare Vanderpool, Moon Over Manifest