Associations to the word «Rupturewort»
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.