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 Teratology
Maxwell 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 Lyrics
Richard Folkard
Hypericum, hī-per′i-kum, n. a large genus of plants, of which St John's wort is a typical species.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)
Various
Polyadelphia: stamens united into three or more bundles; as in hypericum and cistus.
Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnus
William MacGillivray
It feeds on the leaves and flowers of the perforated St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum).
Butterflies and Moths
William S. Furneaux