whitlowwort

Noun
  1. 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) (synset 111833959)
    is a type of: ground cover, groundcover - low-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep slope where turf is difficult to grow
    belongs to: genus paronychia, paronychia - low-growing annual or perennial herbs or woody plants; whitlowworts

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