- great St John's wort
- nounperennial shrub having large star-shaped yellow flowers in narrowly pyramidal cymes• Syn: ↑Hypericum ascyron, ↑Hypericum pyramidatum• Hypernyms: ↑St John's wort
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
great st.-john's-wort — noun Usage: usually capitalized S&J : a large flowered St. John s wort (Hypericum pyramidatum) … Useful english dictionary
John's-wort — Saint Saint (s[=a]nt), n. [F., fr. L. sanctus sacred, properly p. p. of sancire to render sacred by a religious act, to appoint as sacred; akin to sacer sacred. Cf. {Sacred}, {Sanctity}, {Sanctum}, {Sanctus}.] 1. A person sanctified; a holy or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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