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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A species of St.-John's-wort, Hypericum Androsæmum, once regarded as a panacea, or particularly as healing to wounds. Also
parkleaves . Sometimes extended to the whole genus; by Lindley to the order Hypericaceæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A plant of the genus Hypericum (
Hypericum Androsœmum ), from which a healing ointment is prepared in Spain; -- called alsoparkleaves .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Hypericum androsaemum, a
Eurasian perennial shrub .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun deciduous bushy Eurasian shrub with golden yellow flowers and reddish-purple fruits from which a soothing salve is made in Spain
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