whitlow grass

noun

: any of several inconspicuous herbs formerly thought to cure whitlow: such as

a

: an annual weed (Draba verna) of Europe and North America with a rosette of basal leaves and tiny flowers succeeded by oblong pods

called also shadflower

b

: a small Old World saxifrage (Saxifraga tridactylites)

c

: whitlowwort

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