Hypericum

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of many flowering plants of the genus Hypericum, St. John's worts.

Etymology

From the genus name, translingual Hypericum, itself from Latin hypericum, from Ancient Greek ὑπερικόν (huperikón), from ὑπέρ (hupér, “over”) + ἐρείκη (ereíkē, “heath”).

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