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whitlow grass

noun

Definition of whitlow grass

: 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)