whitlow : Idioms & Phrases

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Whitlow grass

  • 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.
WordNet
  • (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

whitlow-wort

Whit"low-wort` noun
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  1. (Bot.) Same as Whitlow grass, under Whitlow.
Webster 1913