common st john's wort | (n) deciduous bushy Eurasian shrub with golden yellow flowers and reddish-purple fruits from which a soothing salve is made in Spain, Syn. Hypericum androsaemum, tutsan |
creeping st john's wort | (n) creeping evergreen shrub with bright yellow star-shaped summer flowers; useful as ground cover, Syn. Hypericum calycinum |
great st john's wort | (n) perennial shrub having large star-shaped yellow flowers in narrowly pyramidal cymes, Syn. Hypericum pyramidatum, Hypericum ascyron |
marsh st-john's wort | (n) perennial marsh herb with pink to mauve flowers; southeastern United States, Syn. Hypericum virginianum |
saint john's | (n) a port and provincial capital of Newfoundland, Syn. St. John's |
shrubby st john's wort | (n) stiff shrub having oblong entire leaves and dense cymes of yellow flowers, Syn. Hypericum spathulatum, Hypericum prolificum |
st. john's | (n) the capital and largest city of Antigua and Barbuda; located on the island of Antigua, Syn. Saint John's, capital of Antigua and Barbuda |
st john's wort | (n) 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 |
carob | (n) powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute, Syn. Saint-John's-bread, carob powder |
guttiferae | (n) widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber, Syn. family Guttiferae, St John's wort family, Clusiaceae, family Clusiaceae |
midsummer day | (n) a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland, Syn. St John's Day, June 24, Midsummer's Day |
midsummer eve | (n) the night before Midsummer Day, Syn. St John's Night, June 23, St John's Eve, Midsummer Night |
virginia waterleaf | (n) showy perennial herb with white flowers; leaves sometimes used as edible greens in southeastern United States, Syn. Indian salad, John's cabbage, shawny, Hydrophyllum virginianum, Shawnee salad |