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hypericum
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hypericum has 1 sense
- hypericum(n = noun.plant) genus hypericum - large almost cosmopolitan genus of evergreen or deciduous shrubs and herbs with often showy yellow flowers; cosmopolitan except tropical lowlands and Arctic or high altitudes and desert regions; Array is a kind of dilleniid dicot genus
is a member of clusiaceae, family clusiaceae, family guttiferae, guttiferae, st john's wort family
CIDE DICTIONARY
hypericum, n. [L., fr. Gr. , ; under, among + , , heath, heather.].
A genus of plants, generally with dotted leaves and yellow flowers; -- called also St. John's-wort . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hypericum, n. any shrub of the genus Hypericum with five-petalled yellow flowers. Also called ST JOHN'S WORT.
Etymology
L f. Gk hupereikon (as HYPER-, ereike heath)
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