hypericum [haɪˈpɛrɪkəm]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any herbaceous plant or shrub of the temperate genus Hypericum: family Hypericaceae See rose of Sharon [1] Saint John's wort
[via Latin from Greek hupereikon, from hyper- + ereikē heath]
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| Noun | 1. |  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 regionsdilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs Clusiaceae, family Clusiaceae, family Guttiferae, Guttiferae, St John's wort family - widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber St John's wort - any of numerous plants of the genus Hypericum having yellow flowers and transparently dotted leaves; traditionally gathered on St John's eve to ward off evil |
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