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tutsan
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tutsan has 1 sense
- tutsan(n = noun.plant) common st john's wort, hypericum androsaemum - deciduous bushy Eurasian shrub with golden yellow flowers and reddish-purple fruits from which a soothing salve is made in Spain; Array is a kind of st john's wort
CIDE DICTIONARY
tutsan, n. [F. toutesaine; tout, toute, all (L. totus) + sain, saine, sound, healthy, L. sanus.].
A plant of the genus Hypericum (Hypericum Androsœmum ), from which a healing ointment is prepared in Spain; -- called also parkleaves . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tutsan, n. a species of St John's wort, Hypericum androsaemum, formerly used to heal wounds etc.
Etymology
ME f. AF tutsaine all healthy
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