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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Hypericum \Hy*per"i*cum\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, ?; ? under, among +
     ?, ?, heath, heather.] (Bot.)
     A genus of plants, generally with dotted leaves and yellow
     flowers; -- called also St. John's-wort.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Hypericum \Hy*per"i*cum\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, ?; ? under, among +
     ?, ?, heath, heather.] (Bot.)
     A genus of plants, generally with dotted leaves and yellow
     flowers; -- called also St. John's-wort.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  Hypericum
       n : 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 [syn: genus Hypericum]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  hypericum
     n.
     (lb en botany) Any of many flowering plants of the genus
  ''Hypericum'', the St John's worts.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Hypericum
     Translingual n.
     (taxon genus family Hypericaceae of nearly worldwide distribution,
  including Saint John's wort)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  hypericum
     n.
     (lb en botany) Any of many flowering plants of the genus
  ''Hypericum'', the St John's worts.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  hypericum
     n.
     (lb en botany) Any of many flowering plants of the genus
  ''Hypericum'', the St John's worts.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Hypericum
     Translingual n.
     (taxon genus family Hypericaceae of nearly worldwide distribution,
  including Saint John's wort)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  hypericum
     n.
     (lb en botany) Any of many flowering plants of the genus
  ''Hypericum'', the St John's worts.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Hypericum
     Translingual n.
     (taxon genus family Hypericaceae of nearly worldwide distribution,
  including Saint John's wort)

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