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Definition of Hypericum
1. 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.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Clusiaceae, Family Clusiaceae, Family Guttiferae, Guttiferae, St John's Wort Family
Member holonyms: St John's Wort
Definition of Hypericum
1. n. A genus of plants, generally with dotted leaves and yellow flowers; -- called also St. John's-wort.
Definition of Hypericum
1. Noun. Any of many flowering plants of the genus ''Hypericum''; the St John's worts ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Hypericum
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypericum
Literary usage of Hypericum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Geological Survey of Ohio by Geological Survey of Ohio (1893)
"D. Selby; Cincinnati, Jos. F. James (Cat.) hypericum DENSIFI.ORUM Pursh. ...
hypericum PERFORATUM L. Distributed over the whole state. ..."
2. Flora Domestica: Or, The Portable Flower-garden : with Directions for the by Elizabeth Kent (1825)
"The following are the most generally cultivated in our gardens : The Warted
hypericum. * The Olympian. . „ , , , .The Canary. in winter. The Shining. ..."
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