hypericum

/ (haɪˈpɛrɪkəm) /


noun
  1. any herbaceous plant or shrub of the temperate genus Hypericum : family Hypericaceae: See rose of Sharon (def. 1), Saint John's wort

Origin of hypericum

1
C16: via Latin from Greek hupereikon, from hyper- + ereikē heath

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