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Hypericum definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: 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 [syn: Hypericum, genus Hypericum]

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hypericum Hy*per"i*cum, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, ?; ? under, among + ?, ?, heath, heather.] (Bot.) A genus of plants, generally with dotted leaves and yellow flowers; -- called also St. John's-wort.