Meaning Of The Word Saint John's wort

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Saint John's wort in British English
noun: any of numerous shrubs or herbaceous plants of the temperate genus Hypericum, such as H. perforatum, having yellow flowers and glandular leaves: family Hypericaceae

Saint-John's-wort in American English
any of a genus (Hypericum) of ornamental plants of the Saint-John's- wort family, with usually yellow flowers and numerous stamens
designating a family (Guttiferae, order Theales) of dicotyledonous trees, shrubs, and plants used for timber, in drugs, etc.

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