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Whitlowwort

Whitlowwort Meaning & Definition
Whitlowwort Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Whitlowwort?

[n] 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)

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See Also | genus Paronychia | ground cover | groundcover | Paronychia

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