hypericum

hy·per·i·cum

H5379350 (hī-pĕr′ĭ-kəm)n. See Saint John's wort.

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[Latin hyperīcum, from Greek hupereikos, huperīkon; see hypericin.]

hypericum

(haɪˈpɛrɪkəm) n (Plants) any herbaceous plant or shrub of the temperate genus Hypericum: family Hypericaceae. See rose of Sharon¹, Saint John's wort[C16: 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 regionsgenus Hypericumdilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbsClusiaceae, 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 timberSt 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