Zebrina

See also: zebrina and žebřina

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Italian zebra or from Portuguese zebra, from Old Galician-Portuguese zevra, zevro (“wild ass”) (Spanish cebra), perhaps from assumed Vulgar Latin *eciferus (“wild horse”) +‎ -ina

Proper noun

Zebrina f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Enidae – certain air-breathing snails.
2. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Commelinaceae – wandering Jew.
3. A taxonomic section within the family Commelinaceae – Tradescantia sect. Zebrina, consisting solely of Tradescantia zebrina (wandering Jew).

Hypernyms

• (genus in Enidae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Gastropoda - class; Heterobranchia - subclass; Stylommatophora - order; Helicina - suborder; Pupilloidei - infraorder; Pupilloidea - superfamily; Enidae - family; Eninae – subfamily; Chondrulini – tribe
• (section in Commelinaceae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids - clades; Commelinales - order; Commelinaceae - family; Commelinoideae – subfamily; Tradescantieae – tribe; Tradescantiinae – subtribe; Tradescantia – genus

References

snails

• Zebrina on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Enidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Zebrina on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

wandering Jew

• Tradescantia zebrina on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tradescantia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Tradescantia zebrina on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons