whitlowwort
whitlowwort · whitlowworts
Synonym of whitlow grassSynonym of whitlow grass (“Draba species”).
Meaning
1 sensesSynonym of whitlow grass (“Draba species”).
More definitions
- any of various low-growing tufted plants of the genus Paronychia having tiny greenish flowers and usually whorled leaves; widespread throughout warm regions of both Old and New Worlds; formerly thought to cure whitlows (suppurative infections around a fingernail)
Origin
whitlow + wortwhitlow + wort
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Forms
plural: whitlowworts| Singular | whitlowwort |
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