WHITLOWWORT
\wˈɪtlə͡ʊwˌɔːt], \wˈɪtləʊwˌɔːt], \w_ˈɪ_t_l_əʊ_w_ˌɔː_t]\
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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)
By Princeton University
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.