DICTIONARY ENTRY
3 SYLLABLES
whitlowwort
/'hwɪtloʊ,wɜrt/ · hwɪtloʊwɜrt
Whitlowwort has 3 syllables: whit · low · wort.
whit
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low
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wort
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noun. 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).
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