Associations to the word «Rupturewort»

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Wiktionary

RUPTUREWORT, noun. A plant of the genus Herniaria, especially Herniaria glabra, formerly used in the treatment of hernia and for other medicinal purposes.
RUPTUREWORT, noun. A West Indian plant (Alternanthera polygonoides) somewhat resembling burstwort.

Dictionary definition

RUPTUREWORT, noun. Common prostrate Old World herb often used as a ground cover; formerly reputed to cure ruptures.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope