Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A plant of the genus Herniaria, especially H. glabra of Europe and Asiatic Russia (see burstwort); also, an amarantaceous plant of the West Indies, Alternanthera polygonoides, somewhat resembling Herniaria.
Wiktionary
- n. burstwort
- n. A West Indian plant (Alternanthera polygonoides) somewhat resembling burstwort.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Same as burstwort.
- n. A West Indian plant (Alternanthera polygonoides) somewhat resembling burstwort.
WordNet 3.0
- n. common prostrate Old World herb often used as a ground cover; formerly reputed to cure ruptures
Etymologies
- rupture + wort (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I found a nice little example of rupturewort and bent to examine it.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘rupturewort’.
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Ponderable Plant Names
List of plant names (common or scientific) that go trippingly off the tongue, are fun to contemplate, expose the wit of the namer, or just plain befuddle.
tongueshape mudmi..., glandular maiden ..., jeweled maiden fern, stately maiden fern, hairy maiden fern, downy maiden fern, widespread maiden..., turkey tangle fog..., yankeeweed, clitoria fragrans, clitoria mariana, tall tumblemustard and 261 more...
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Worts and all
I have in mind the worts associated with a green thumb rather than a green beer - but as you can see by the name, I'll accept anything you have to offer.
butterwort, spiderwort, quillwort, woundwort, nipplewort, bellwort, liverwort, milkwort, water pennywort, navelwort, toothwort, wort and 128 more...
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Typewriter words
Long English words that can be typed on a keyboard under various restictions. The longest are:
QWERTY left hand only: aftercataracts, sweaterdresses, tesseradecades, and tetrastearates...abracadabras, aftercataracts, aftereffects, barebreasted, decerebrated, desegregated, detractresses, extravagated, extravasated, reaggregated, resegregated, reverberated and 111 more...
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Random
These are just some random words that I might find a list for someday.
troglodytism, chinkle, vasculum, sabz, cucullus, tricornigerous, cuboctahedron, eruca, gamp, pilum, taha, angelhood and 244 more...
Tweets
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hernesheir Fitting the genus name of this plant is Herniaria. Sep 18, 2009