Rupturewort

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A plant of the genus Herniaria, especially Herniaria glabra, formerly used in the treatment of hernia and for other medicinal purposes.
  2. 2
    common prostrate Old World herb often used as a ground cover; formerly reputed to cure ruptures wordnet
  3. 3
    A West Indian plant (Alternanthera sessilis, syn. Alternanthera polygonoides), somewhat resembling burstwort.

Synonyms

All synonyms
hernaria glabraherniaria glabramukunuwenna

Etymology

From rupture + wort. Possibly related to the taxonomic name Herniaria, which is based on Latin hernia (whence English hernia), a condition where part of the body abnormally extrudes into another part, thus causing a rupture.

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