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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
genus 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]