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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. common prostrate Old World herb often used as a ground cover; formerly reputed to cure ruptures;
[syn: rupturewort, Hernaria glabra]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rupturewort \Rup"ture*wort"\ (?; 135), n. (Bot.) (a) Same as Burstwort. (b) A West Indian plant (Alternanthera polygonoides) somewhat resembling burstwort. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

rupturewort n 1: common prostrate Old World herb often used as a ground cover; formerly reputed to cure ruptures [syn: rupturewort, Hernaria glabra]