Definition of Whitlowwort

1. Noun. 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).

Group relationships: Genus Paronychia, Paronychia
Generic synonyms: Ground Cover, Groundcover

Definition of Whitlowwort

1. n. Same as Whitlow grass, under Whitlow.

2. n. Same as Whitlow grass, under Whitlow.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Whitlowwort

whiting out
whitings
whitish
whitishly
whitishness
whitlavia
whitleather
whitling
whitlings
whitlockite
whitlockites
whitlow
whitlow-wort
whitlows
whitlowwort (current term)
whitmonday
whitmoreite
whitneyite
whitrack
whitracks
whitret
whitrets
whits
whitsour
whitsours
whitster
whitsters
whitsunday
whittaw

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