LOW ST ANDREW'S CROSS

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Meaning:

Low shrubby plant having yellow flowers with four petals arranged in a cross; Bermuda and southeastern United States to West Indies and eastern Mexico

Synonyms:

Hypericum hypericoides; low St Andrew's cross

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("low St Andrew's cross" 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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