whitlowwort (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 20
def any of various low-growing tufted plants of the genus Paronychia having tiny greenish flowers and usually whorled leaves
def widespread throughout warm regions of both Old and New Worlds
def formerly thought to cure whitlows (suppurative infections around a fingernail)
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Hypernym groundcover, ground cover
Member holonym Paronychia, genus Paronychia
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Member meronym Paronychia, genus Paronychia
Hyponym groundcover, ground cover

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