noun
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
• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Guttiferae, ↑family Guttiferae, ↑Clusiaceae, ↑family Clusiaceae, ↑St John's wort family
• Member Meronyms: ↑St John's wort
Useful english dictionary. 2012.