Formerly thought to cure whitlows (suppurative infections around a fingernail)

• Widespread throughout warm regions of both Old and New Worlds
• Any of various low-growing tufted plants of the genus Paronychia having tiny greenish flowers and usually whorled leaves

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n. 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 ...