Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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whitlowwort | Yes | No | No | No |
ground cover | Yes | No | No | No |
whitlowwort (noun) | ground cover (noun) |
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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) | small plants other than saplings growing on a forest floor |
low-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep slope where turf is difficult to grow |