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单词 hypericum
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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'.

 
 

Definition of hypericum in US English:

hypericum

nounhīˈperəkəm
  • A yellow-flowered plant of a genus that includes the St. John's worts and rose of Sharon.

    Genus Hypericum, family Guttiferae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Pale orange roses share a julep cup with dusty miller, green hypericum berries, and yellow leucadendron knob flowers.
    • Delicate rosebuds bundled with sprigs of rosemary and hypericum berries update the Old World charm of a classic goose-feather tree.
    • Attach clusters of hypericum sprigs to a wire wreath form by overlapping them and wrapping them with waxed florist's twine.
    • And most grocery-store floral departments stock seasonal fillers-pine, hypericum berries, and variegated holly - starting in early December.
    • Twenty five years on, the crevices between rocks are filled with cushions of saxifrages, tiny yellow Potentilla cuneata, ferns and hypericums.

Origin

Latin, from Greek hupereikon, from huper ‘over, above’ + ereikē ‘heath’.

 
 
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