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Noun: rupturewort
  1. Common prostrate Old World herb often used as a ground cover; formerly reputed to cure ruptures
    - Hernaria glabra

Derived forms: ruptureworts

Type of: ground cover, groundcover

Part of: genus Hernaria, Hernaria

Encyclopedia: Rupturewort

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Rupicola
Rupicola peruviana
Rupicola rupicola
rupicolous
rupicolous plant
Ruptiliocarpon
Ruptiliocarpon caracolito
rupture
ruptured intervertebral disc
rupturewort
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rural area
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ruralism
ruralist
rurality
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Ruritania