| 释义 |
† ˈnail-wort Obs.
[f. nail n. + wort n.]
A name suggested by Gerarde for Draba verna and Saxifraga tridactylites, and by Cotgrave applied to Paronychia, with reference to their supposed efficacy in affections of the finger nails.
1597Gerarde Herbal vi. iv. 500 There is another sort of Whitlow grasse or Naile woort, that is likewise a low or base herb, hauing a small tough roote. Ibid., We may call them in English Naile woort, and Whitlowe grasse. 1611Cotgr., Paronychie, Whitlo-grasse, Nayle-wort (a weed). |