hypericum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

hypericum hypericums

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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