Definition of hypericum in English:
hypericum
noun hʌɪˈpɛrɪkəmhīˈperəkəm
A yellow-flowered plant of a genus that includes the St John's worts, tutsan, and rose of Sharon.
Genus Hypericum, family Guttiferae
Example sentencesExamples
- Twenty five years on, the crevices between rocks are filled with cushions of saxifrages, tiny yellow Potentilla cuneata, ferns and hypericums.
- Attach clusters of hypericum sprigs to a wire wreath form by overlapping them and wrapping them with waxed florist's twine.
- Pale orange roses share a julep cup with dusty miller, green hypericum berries, and yellow leucadendron knob flowers.
- And most grocery-store floral departments stock seasonal fillers-pine, hypericum berries, and variegated holly - starting in early December.
- Delicate rosebuds bundled with sprigs of rosemary and hypericum berries update the Old World charm of a classic goose-feather tree.
Origin
Latin, from Greek hupereikon, from huper 'over, above' + ereikē 'heath'.