Home › Words › N › nailwortnailwortnailwort · noun — whitlowwort (Paronychia spp.).Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom nail + wort, formerly believed to cure whitlow.nounWhitlowwort (Paronychia spp.).A shadflower (Draba verna).A rue-leaved saxifrage (Saxifraga tridactylites).Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).