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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).
Definition of Whitlowwort
1. n. Same as Whitlow grass, under Whitlow.
2. n. Same as Whitlow grass, under Whitlow.