Main Entry: Wandering Jew

Function: noun

Date: 1628

1 : a Jew of medieval legend condemned by Christ to wander the earth till Christ's second coming
2 not capitalized W : any of several plants (genera Zebrina and Tradescantia) of the spiderwort family; especially : either of two trailing or creeping plants (Z. pendula and T. fluminensis) cultivated for their showy and often white-striped foliage