HYPERICUM PERFORATUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hypericum perforatum mean? 

• HYPERICUM PERFORATUM (noun)
  The noun HYPERICUM PERFORATUM has 1 sense:

1. yellow-flowered perennial common in fields and waste places but a weed in rangelands

  Familiarity information: HYPERICUM PERFORATUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPERICUM PERFORATUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Yellow-flowered perennial common in fields and waste places but a weed in rangelands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Hypericum perforatum; klammath weed

Hypernyms ("Hypericum perforatum" 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)

 Context examples 

An anthraquinone derivative that is naturally found in the yellow flower of Hypericum perforatum (St. John's wort) with antidepressant, potential antiviral, antineoplastic and immunostimulating activities.

(Hypericin, NCI Thesaurus)