wandering Jew

noun

• 1a legendary man said to have been condemned by Christ to wander the earth until the Second Coming.
• a person who never settles down.

• 2a tender trailing tradescantia, typically having striped leaves which are suffused with purple.

  • Genus Tradescantia, family Commelinaceae: T. albiflora and T. pendula (formerly Zebrina pendula)