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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hypericum \Hy*per"i*cum\, n. [L., fr Gr ?, ?; ? under among + ?, ?, heath, heather.] (Bot.) A genus of plants, generally with dotted leaves and yellow flowers; -- called also {St. John's-wort}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Hypericum n : 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 [syn: {Hypericum}, {genus Hypericum}]
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