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hypericum(dictionary)

hypericum (iou)



hypericum noun. Also hypericon. LME.
[Latin hypericum, -con from Greek hupereikon, from huper over + ereike heath.]
Any of various herbaceous plants or small shrubs of the genus Hypericum (family Guttiferae), with pentamerous usu. yellow flowers, stamens in bundles, and leaves usu. with glandular dots beneath. Also called St John's wort, rose of Sharon. LME.
A medicinal preparation made from this plant. LME-L17.