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n. - Any plant of the family Commelinaceae.

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  • The spiderwort was a rich blue with its two large petals rounded, while the third one was tiny and colorless.
  • The spiderwort is a flower whose juice is used for painting the silks before they're masked with starch and then dyed.
  • Another common one is the spiderwort already referred to.
  • A good example is furnished by the common spiderwort (Fig.  1).
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