whitlowwort

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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)
• Hypernyms:
groundcover, ground cover
• Member Holonyms:
Paronychia, genus Paronychia