genus hypericum

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genus hypericum - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  genus Hypericum
      n 1: large almost cosmopolitan genus of evergreen or deciduous
           shrubs and herbs with often showy yellow flowers;
           cosmopolitan except tropical lowlands and Arctic or high
           altitudes and desert regions [syn: Hypericum, genus Hypericum
           ]