Hypericum


Definition: Meaning of, Hypericum in English to English dictionary.

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  1. 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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Hypericum used in phrases

  • Hypericum androsaemum (noun)
    1. deciduous bushy Eurasian shrub with golden yellow flowers and reddish-purple fruits from which a soothing salve is made in Spain
  • Hypericum ascyron (noun)
    1. perennial shrub having large star-shaped yellow flowers in narrowly pyramidal cymes
  • Hypericum calycinum (noun)
    1. creeping evergreen shrub with bright yellow star-shaped summer flowers; useful as ground cover
  • Hypericum crux andrae (noun)
    1. shrubby plant having yellow to apricot flowers with four petals arranged in a cross; southeastern United States: New York to Texas
  • Hypericum gentianoides (noun)
    1. annual wiry-stemmed North American weed with minute scalelike leaves and small yellow flowers
  • Hypericum hypericoides (noun)
    1. low shrubby plant having yellow flowers with four petals arranged in a cross; Bermuda and southeastern United States to West Indies and eastern Mexico
  • Hypericum maculatum (noun)
    1. european perennial St John's wort; Ireland and France to western Siberia
  • Hypericum perforatum (noun)
    1. yellow-flowered perennial common in fields and waste places but a weed in rangelands
  • Hypericum prolificum (noun)
    1. stiff shrub having oblong entire leaves and dense cymes of yellow flowers
  • Hypericum pyramidatum (noun)
    1. perennial shrub having large star-shaped yellow flowers in narrowly pyramidal cymes
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