hypericum

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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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 genus Hypericum dilleniid 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