wandering Jew
Purple trailing vine
Wandering Jew refers to a legendary figure from Christian folklore—a Jew condemned to roam the earth until the Second Coming for mocking Jesus on the way to crucifixion.
The story has been used antisemitically to characterize Jews as rootless or cursed.
In botany, wandering Jew (often lowercase) is a common name for trailing houseplants in the genus *Tradescantia*, so called because they spread and root easily wherever they touch soil.
- antisemitismBigotry toward Jewish people
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- Christian legendSacred narrative from Christianity
- exileBanishment from homeland
- houseplantIndoor ornamental greenery
indoor plant · green · spread · curse · oral tradition · suffering · leaf · spiderwort · purple heart · religious intolerance · alienation · immortality · archetype · purple · diaspora · eternity · allegory · stem
wandering Jewsnake plant
Upright succulent houseplant
mother-in-law's tongue · dracaena · rubber plant · peace lily · yucca
wandering Jewhomebody
One preferring domestic life
stay-at-home · settler · stationary · anchored · established
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