| NOUN | plant | whitlowwort | any of various low-growing tufted plants of the genus Paronychia having tiny greenish flowers and usually whorled leaves |
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| Meaning | 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). | |
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| Member of | Paronychia, genus Paronychia | low-growing annual or perennial herbs or woody plants |
| Broader | groundcover, ground cover | low-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep slope where turf is difficult to grow |
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