Herniaria

See also: herniaria and herniária

Translingual

Etymology

Possibly from New Latin *herniāria f (“herniary, relating to a hernia”). This etymology may draw a conceptual cognate with English rupturewort, since hernias are a medical disorder in which a part of the body ruptures into elsewhere abnormally. Both are possibly named after the genus' usage to treat hernias. If so, cognate with English herniary.

Proper noun

Herniaria f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Caryophyllaceae – rupturewort.

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