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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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;
[syn: Hypericum, genus Hypericum]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Hypericum n 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 [syn: Hypericum, genus Hypericum]