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