rupturewortn.

Brit.

/ˈrʌptʃəwəːt/, U.S.

/ˈrəp(t)ʃərˌwərt/,

/ˈrəp(t)ʃərˌwɔrt/

Forms: see rupture n. and wort n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: rupture n., wort n.¹

Etymology: < rupture n. + wort n.¹, so called on account of its use in treating hernia, probably originally after either post-classical Latin herniaria (1565) or Middle French herniaire (1582). Compare burst-wort n.

1. Any member of the genus Herniaria (family Caryophyllaceae), comprising low-growing annual and perennial plants with small greenish flowers, some of which have been used medicinally, originally in the treatment of hernia and later as diuretics; esp. H. glabra. Also with distinguishing word.

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burst-wort1597

rupturewort1597

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 454 A kinde of Knot grasse commonly called..Rupture woort.

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. xlii. 275 Rupture-woort groweth in a grauelly or sandie ground which is drie and vnhusbanded.

1678 tr. M. Charas Royal Pharmacopœa iii. i. ix. 14 Take three pound of the Leaves of Myrtle newly gather'd, and having bruis'd them in a Marble Mortar with a wooden Pestle, and put them into a Glass Cucurbit, pour upon them six pints of the Juice of Knotgrass, or Rupturewort.

1714 Philos. Trans. 1713 (Royal Soc.) 28 35 This seems to differ from the common hairy Rupture-wort, in having more twiggy Branches.

1775 J. Jenkinson Linnæus' Generic & Specific Descr. Brit. Plants 38 Smooth Rupturewort. Found in gravelly places.

1835 G. T. Burnett Outl. Bot. II. 595 Paronychia, Anychia, and Herniaria, the whitlow, felon, and rupture-worts, received their names from their supposed efficacy in the cure of disorders over which they had no influence, and they have consequently long been discarded from our lists of medicines.

1945 Folk-lore 56 356 The country names of many common plants remind us of the ‘vertues’ with which they were credited or the diseases for which they were used: Pilewort, Rupture-wort, Wound wort, and Sneeze wort are examples.

1999 Guardian 4 June i. 18/4 So close to the most southerly point of the UK mainland rare flowers like thyme broomrape and fringed rupturewort appeared in grazed turf.

†2. In full least rupturewort. The allseed, Radiola linoides (family Linaceae), a small annual plant with narrow, highly-branched stems, found chiefly in coastal areas of temperate Eurasia. Obsolete.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > rosaceous plants > [noun] > linum or fairy-flax

mill-mountain1633

mountain flax1648

rupturewort1670

purging flax1684

fairy flax1737

mountain flax1841

purge flax1853

fairy lint1859

dwarf-flax1863

linum1867

1670 J. Ray Catalogus Plantarum Angliæ 211 Millegrana minima... The least Rupture-wort, or All-seed.

1738 Magna Britannia Antiqua & Nova III. 53/2 Millegrana minima, the least Rupturewort, or All-Seed, on Hounslow-Heath.

1777 E. Jacob Plantæ Favershamienses 92 Linum Radiola... The least Rupture-wort, or All-seed.

1819 J. Dugdale New Brit. Traveller III. 586/2 Linum Radiola, Least Rupturewort, or Allseed.

†3. A white-flowered alternanthera, Alternanthera paronychioides (formerly called A. polygonoides), native to tropical and South America. Obsolete. rare.

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1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands Colonial Names 787/1 Rupture-wort, Alternanthera polygonoides.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 999/2 Rupturewort, Herniaria glabra; also Alternanthera polygonoides.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rupturewort
释义	rupturewortn. Brit. /ˈrʌptʃəwəːt/, U.S. /ˈrəp(t)ʃərˌwərt/, /ˈrəp(t)ʃərˌwɔrt/ Forms: see rupture n. and wort n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: rupture n., wort n.¹ Etymology: < rupture n. + wort n.¹, so called on account of its use in treating hernia, probably originally after either post-classical Latin herniaria (1565) or Middle French herniaire (1582). Compare burst-wort n. 1. Any member of the genus Herniaria (family Caryophyllaceae), comprising low-growing annual and perennial plants with small greenish flowers, some of which have been used medicinally, originally in the treatment of hernia and later as diuretics; esp. H. glabra. Also with distinguishing word. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > rupturewort burst-wort1597 rupturewort1597 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 454 A kinde of Knot grasse commonly called..Rupture woort. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. xlii. 275 Rupture-woort groweth in a grauelly or sandie ground which is drie and vnhusbanded. 1678 tr. M. Charas Royal Pharmacopœa iii. i. ix. 14 Take three pound of the Leaves of Myrtle newly gather'd, and having bruis'd them in a Marble Mortar with a wooden Pestle, and put them into a Glass Cucurbit, pour upon them six pints of the Juice of Knotgrass, or Rupturewort. 1714 Philos. Trans. 1713 (Royal Soc.) 28 35 This seems to differ from the common hairy Rupture-wort, in having more twiggy Branches. 1775 J. Jenkinson Linnæus' Generic & Specific Descr. Brit. Plants 38 Smooth Rupturewort. Found in gravelly places. 1835 G. T. Burnett Outl. Bot. II. 595 Paronychia, Anychia, and Herniaria, the whitlow, felon, and rupture-worts, received their names from their supposed efficacy in the cure of disorders over which they had no influence, and they have consequently long been discarded from our lists of medicines. 1945 Folk-lore 56 356 The country names of many common plants remind us of the ‘vertues’ with which they were credited or the diseases for which they were used: Pilewort, Rupture-wort, Wound wort, and Sneeze wort are examples. 1999 Guardian 4 June i. 18/4 So close to the most southerly point of the UK mainland rare flowers like thyme broomrape and fringed rupturewort appeared in grazed turf. †2. In full least rupturewort. The allseed, Radiola linoides (family Linaceae), a small annual plant with narrow, highly-branched stems, found chiefly in coastal areas of temperate Eurasia. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > rosaceous plants > [noun] > linum or fairy-flax mill-mountain1633 mountain flax1648 rupturewort1670 purging flax1684 fairy flax1737 mountain flax1841 purge flax1853 fairy lint1859 dwarf-flax1863 linum1867 1670 J. Ray Catalogus Plantarum Angliæ 211 Millegrana minima... The least Rupture-wort, or All-seed. 1738 Magna Britannia Antiqua & Nova III. 53/2 Millegrana minima, the least Rupturewort, or All-Seed, on Hounslow-Heath. 1777 E. Jacob Plantæ Favershamienses 92 Linum Radiola... The least Rupture-wort, or All-seed. 1819 J. Dugdale New Brit. Traveller III. 586/2 Linum Radiola, Least Rupturewort, or Allseed. †3. A white-flowered alternanthera, Alternanthera paronychioides (formerly called A. polygonoides), native to tropical and South America. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands Colonial Names 787/1 Rupture-wort, Alternanthera polygonoides. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 999/2 Rupturewort, Herniaria glabra; also Alternanthera polygonoides. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1597
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