paronychia

Noun
  1. is a type of: infection - the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
  2. is a type of: caryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
    member holonym: whitlowwort - 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)
    belongs to: carnation family, caryophyllaceae, family caryophyllaceae, pink family - large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes)
    same as: genus paronychia

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