whitlowwort
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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) (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | ground cover, groundcover, |
| definition | : | low-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep slope where turf is difficult to grow (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | genus paronychia, paronychia, |
| definition | : | low-growing annual or perennial herbs or woody plants; whitlowworts (noun.plant) |
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