HYPERICUM

• HYPERICUM (noun)
  The noun HYPERICUM has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: HYPERICUM used as a noun is very rare.

• HYPERICUM (noun)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Hypericum; Hypericum

Hypernyms ("Hypericum" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Hypericum"):

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)

Holonyms ("Hypericum" is a member of...):

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)