Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Hypericum"
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) 1.7 (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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