herniària

From the folk medical belief that it was effective in the treatment of hernias.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ər.niˈa.ɾi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eɾ.niˈa.ɾi.a]

herniària f (plural herniàries)

1. a rupturewort (plant of the genus Herniaria), particularly the smooth rupturewort

• trencapedra

• “herniari”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007