NOUN | plant | Hypericum, genus Hypericum | large almost cosmopolitan genus of evergreen or deciduous shrubs and herbs with often showy yellow flowers |
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Meaning | 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. | |
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Synonym | genus Hypericum | |
Member of | Guttiferae, family Guttiferae, Clusiaceae, family Clusiaceae, 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 |
Members | St John's wort | Any of numerous plants of the genus Hypericum having yellow flowers and transparently dotted leaves |
Broader | dilleniid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs |
Spanish | genus hypericum, hypericum | |
Catalan | genus hypericum, hypericum |
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