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English noun: St John's wort

1. St John's wort (plant) any of numerous plants of the genus Hypericum having yellow flowers and transparently dotted leaves; traditionally gathered on St John's eve to ward off evil


Broader (hypernym)subshrub, suffrutex


Narrower (hyponym)common St John's wort, creeping St John's wort, great St John's wort, Hypericum androsaemum, Hypericum ascyron, Hypericum calycinum, Hypericum crux andrae, Hypericum gentianoides, Hypericum hypericoides, Hypericum maculatum, Hypericum perforatum, Hypericum prolificum, Hypericum pyramidatum, Hypericum spathulatum, Hypericum tetrapterum, Hypericum virginianum, klammath weed, low St Andrew's cross, marsh St-John's wort, nitweed, orange grass, pine-weed, pineweed, shrubby St John's wort, St Andrews's cross, St Peter's wort, tutsan


Member meronymgenus Hypericum, Hypericum









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