noun
Meaning 1
Synonym of whitlow grass (“Draba species”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: whitlow grass
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
whitlowwort
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noun
Meaning 2
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)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: groundcover, ground cover
History
Etymology
whitlow + wort