Complete Definition of "Wandering Jew"

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Etymology
The plant common name is derived from the Christian tradition figure, presumably at least partly from the tendency of those plants to spread through a garden (ie. wander)..
Proper noun

  1. A Jewish shoemaker who, in Christian tradition, taunted Jesus Christ on the way to his (Jesus') crucifixion and for that was condemned to wander the Earth until Jesus' return (ie. the second coming).

Category:Christianity

  1. One of three species of spiderwort plants, Tradescantia pallida (also called Setcreasea purpurea), Tradescantia fluminensis, and Tradescantia zebrina.

Translations
Russian: �е�н�й �ид (v'é�nyj žid) m (1)

Category:Plants
Category:English eponyms

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