I. noun
1. : spiderflower 1
2. : spiderwort 1a
II. noun
: a plant of the genus Chlorophytum ( C. comosum and especially C. comosum variegatum ) that has long narrow green leaves usually with white or ivory stripes, that produces stems bearing small white flowers at the end of which small tufts of plantlets follow the flowers, and that is widely grown as a houseplant especially in hanging baskets