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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RUPTUREWORT

RUPTUREWORT Rup "ture *wort ", n. (Bot. )(a ) Same as Burstwort. (b ) A West Indian plant (Alternanthera polygonoides ) somewhat resembling burstwort.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

rupturewort

rup ¦ture |wort ▶noun a small Old World plant of the pink family, which was formerly believed to cure hernias. ●Herniaria glabra, family Caryophyllaceae.

 

Oxford Dictionary

rupturewort

rup ¦ture |wort ▶noun a small Old World plant of the pink family, which was formerly believed to cure hernias. ●Herniaria glabra, family Caryophyllaceae.