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SHRUBBY ST JOHN'S WORT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shrubby St John's wort mean? 

SHRUBBY ST JOHN'S WORT (noun)
  The noun SHRUBBY ST JOHN'S WORT has 1 sense:

1. stiff shrub having oblong entire leaves and dense cymes of yellow flowersplay

  Familiarity information: SHRUBBY ST JOHN'S WORT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SHRUBBY ST JOHN'S WORT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Stiff shrub having oblong entire leaves and dense cymes of yellow flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Hypericum prolificum; Hypericum spathulatum; shrubby St John's wort

Hypernyms ("shrubby St John's wort" is a kind of...):

St John's wort (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)


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