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Noun: Hypericum
  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
    - genus Hypericum

Type of: dilleniid dicot genus

Part of: Clusiaceae, family Clusiaceae, family Guttiferae, Guttiferae, St John's wort family

Encyclopedia: Hypericum

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