hypericum
noun
any herbaceous plant or shrub of the temperate genus Hypericum : family HypericaceaeSee rose of Sharon (def. 1), Saint John's wort
Word Origin for hypericum
C16: via Latin from Greek hupereikon, from hyper- + ereikē heath
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Examples from the Web for hypericum
Historical Examples of hypericum
Moquin has seen similar instances in the flowers of a Rose, Hypericum, and Poppy.
Vegetable TeratologyMaxwell T. Masters
Tutsan (Hypericum androsmum) was used to stop bleeding, because the juice of its ripe capsule is of a claret colour.
Plant Lore, Legends, and LyricsRichard Folkard
Hypericum, hī-per′i-kum, n. a large genus of plants, of which St John's wort is a typical species.
Polyadelphia: stamens united into three or more bundles; as in hypericum and cistus.
Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to LinnusWilliam MacGillivray
It feeds on the leaves and flowers of the perforated St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum).
Butterflies and MothsWilliam S. Furneaux