whitlowwort

whitlowwort
/hwit"loh werrt', -wawrt', wit"-/, n.
any of several small, tufted plants belonging to the genus Paronychia, of the pink family, native to temperate and warm regions, having opposite or whorled leaves and tiny, greenish flowers.
[1640-50; WHITLOW + WORT2]

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