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burstwort

burstwort noun: rupturewort, Herniaria glabra.

Noun

burstwort (usually uncountable, plural burstworts)

  1. (obsolete, usually) Rupturewort, Herniaria glabra.
    • For some ordinary broths made of Eringos or Sea-Holme, and Burstwort, which twice or thrice I have swallowed downe at the request of some Ladies, who, more kindely then my disease is unkind, offred me the moity of theirs, have equally seemed unto me as easie to take as unprofitable in operation.1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.13

Forms of burstwort

pluralburstworts

Origin of burstwort

From burst + wort.

Questions about burstwort

What does burstwort mean?
Burstwort means rupturewort, Herniaria glabra.
What part of speech is burstwort?
Burstwort is a noun.
What is the plural of burstwort?
The plural of burstwort is burstworts.

Words near burstwort in the dictionary

  1. bursts out laughing
  2. bursts someone's bubble
  3. bursts up
  4. Burstwick
  5. burstwise
  6. burstwort
  7. burstworts
  8. bursty
  9. bursæ
  10. Burt
  11. Burt County

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