wandering Jew
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wandering Jew
▶noun
- 1 a legendary person said to have been condemned by Christ to wander the earth until the Second Coming.
- 2 a trailing tradescantia with striped leaves suffused with purple. [Tradescantia albiflora and T. pendula.]
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