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ˈrupturewort Bot.
[f. rupture n. 2.]
1. A plant of the genus Herniaria, esp. Herniaria glabra, formerly supposed to be efficacious in curing rupture or hernia.
1597Gerarde Herbal ii. clxxii. 569 A kind of knot grasse called Rupture Woorte. 1611Cotgr., Boutonnet, Rupture⁓wort, Burstwort. 1671Salmon Syn. Med. iii. xxii. 403 Herniaria Millegrana, Rupture-wort,..cures Ruptures, the Jaundies, Fluxes. 1713Phil. Trans. XXVIII. 35 This seems to differ from the common hairy Rupture-wort, in having more twiggy Branches. 1775J. Jenkinson tr. Linnæus' Brit. Pl. 38 Smooth Rupturewort. Found in gravelly places. Ibid., Rough or hairy Rupturewort. In gravelly places, but not common. 1828Sir J. E. Smith Eng. Flora II. 8–9. 1848 Johns Week at Lizard 304 Herniaria glabra, variety subciliata, Fringed Rupture⁓wort,..is a plant peculiar to the district. 1866Treas. Bot.
2. (See quots.)
1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 325 Rupture-wort, Least, Linum. 1777Jacob Catal. Plants 92 Linum Radiola... The least Rupture-wort, or All-seed.
3. A West Indian plant (see quot.).
1864Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Ind., Colonial Names 787/1 Rupture-wort, Alternanthera polygonoides. |