GREAT ST JOHN'S WORT

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Meaning:

Perennial shrub having large star-shaped yellow flowers in narrowly pyramidal cymes

Synonyms:

great St John's wort; Hypericum ascyron; Hypericum pyramidatum

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("great St John's wort" is a kind of...):

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)

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