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Hypericum   Listen
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Hypericum  n.  (Bot.) A genus of plants, generally with dotted leaves and yellow flowers; called also St. John's-wort.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Hypericum" Quotes from Famous Books



... Hypericum (St. John's Wort).—Favourite dwarf shrubs. Any soil suits the hardy kinds, but they prefer shade and moisture. These may be increased by seed or division. The greenhouse varieties thrive best in a mixture of loam and peat. Young cuttings ...
— Gardening for the Million • Alfred Pink

... ficus and liana, but those scented ones are iris, ligularia, and 'Wu' flowers; that kind consist, for the most part, of 'Ch'ih' flowers and orchids; while this mostly of gold-coloured dolichos. That species is the hypericum plant, this the 'Y Lu' creeper. The red ones are, of course, the purple rue; the green ones consist for certain, of the green 'Chih' plant; and, to the best of my belief, these various plants are mentioned in the 'Li Sao' and 'Wen Hsuan.' These rare plants are, ...
— Hung Lou Meng, Book I • Cao Xueqin

... sativus. *Citrus Aurantium! Diosma, sp. Hypericum perforatum. Triphasia aurantiaca. *AEsculus Hippocastanum! Euonymus latifolius. *Mangifera indica! Eugenia Jambos. Amygdalus vulgaris! Vicia, sp. Cassia, sp. *Viscum album! Daucus Carota. Ardisia serrulata! Cynanchum nigrum. fuscatum. Euphorbia rosea. Coelebogyne ...
— Vegetable Teratology - An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants • Maxwell T. Masters



Words linked to "Hypericum" :   family Guttiferae, St John's wort family, Hypericum gentianoides, dilleniid dicot genus, Hypericum pyramidatum, Hypericum ascyron, Hypericum hypericoides, genus Hypericum, Hypericum prolificum, Clusiaceae, Hypericum calycinum, Hypericum tetrapterum, Hypericum spathulatum, family Clusiaceae, St John's wort, Hypericum virginianum, Hypericum perforatum, Hypericum crux andrae, Guttiferae, Hypericum androsaemum, Hypericum maculatum



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