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GREAT ST JOHN'S WORT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does great St John's wort mean?
• GREAT ST JOHN'S WORT (noun)
The noun GREAT ST JOHN'S WORT has 1 sense:
1. perennial shrub having large star-shaped yellow flowers in narrowly pyramidal cymes
Familiarity information: GREAT ST JOHN'S WORT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perennial shrub having large star-shaped yellow flowers in narrowly pyramidal cymes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
great St John's wort; Hypericum ascyron; Hypericum pyramidatum
Hypernyms ("great 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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