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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 flowers
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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