whitlowwort
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whitlowwort Definition
(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
fin
whitlowwort Synonyms
whitlowwort
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