Whitlow grass Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun annual weed of Europe and North America having a rosette of basal leaves and tiny flowers followed by oblong seed capsules
    shadflower; Draba verna; shad-flower.

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Definitions
  1. (Bot.), name given to several inconspicuous herbs, which were thought to be a cure for the whitlow, as Saxifraga tridactylites, Draba verna, and several species of Paronychia.

Webster 1913