hypericum
Plural: hypericums
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
- Any of many flowering plants of the genus Hypericum, St. John's worts.
Origin / Etymology
From the genus name, translingual Hypericum, itself from Latin hypericum, from Ancient Greek ὑπερικόν (huperikón), from ὑπέρ (hupér, “over”) + ἐρείκη (ereíkē, “heath”).
Synonyms
genus Hypericum
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