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 |
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 |
shrubby st john's wort | (n) stiff shrub having oblong entire leaves and dense cymes of yellow flowers, Syn. Hypericum spathulatum, Hypericum prolificum |
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 |
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 |
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 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 |
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 |