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noun
Any of many flowering plants of the genus Hypericum, St. John's worts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: genus Hypericum
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Broader terms: dilleniid dicot genus
History
From the genus name, translingual Hypericum, itself from Latin hypericum, from Ancient Greek ὑπερικόν (huperikón), from ὑπέρ (hupér, “over”) + ἐρείκη (ereíkē, “heath”).
