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]