genus hypericum

Noun
  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 (synset 112387823)
    is a type of: dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
    member holonym: st john's wort - 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
    belongs to: clusiaceae, family clusiaceae, family guttiferae, guttiferae, st john's wort family - widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber
    same as: hypericum

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