hypericum(n = noun.plant) genus hypericum - 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;
is a kind of dilleniid dicot genus
is a member of clusiaceae, family clusiaceae, family guttiferae, guttiferae, st john's wort family
A genus of plants, generally with dotted leaves and yellow flowers; -- called also
hypericum, n. any shrub of the genus Hypericum with five-petalled yellow flowers. Also called ST JOHN'S WORT.
Etymology:
L f. Gk hupereikon (as HYPER-, ereike heath)
genus hypericum, hypericum androsaemum, hypericum ascyron, hypericum calycinum, hypericum crux andrae, hypericum gentianoides, hypericum hypericoides, hypericum maculatum, hypericum perforatum, hypericum prolificum, hypericum pyramidatum, hypericum spathulatum, hypericum tetrapterum, hypericum virginianum