Crossword-Solution: HYPERICUM
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Hypericum | n. | A genus of plants, generally with dotted leaves and yellow flowers; -- called also St. John's-wort. |
We have 1 clue for the answer “HYPERICUM”
| Clue | Answers |
|---|---|
| herbaceous plant or shrub | 1 answer |
✏️ Suggest another clue
Know another question for crossword solution "HYPERICUM"? Please add your clue to the biggest crossword databank now!
Dermatological complaint
?
E
?
C
?
Z
?
E
?
M
?
A
Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
AMCZEE
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
7 +1
New Suggestion for "HYPERICUM"
Related word tools
Sentences with HYPERICUM (5)
John's-wort (Hypericum perforatum) is an intrusive weed in all hilly pastures, etc., and may fairly be called a social plant.
For some temperate genera of plants, viz., Vaccinium, Andromeda, Gaultheria, Hypericum, Drosera, Habenaria, inhabit these mountains, and I look at this almost as good evidence of a cold period, as glacial action.
According to two accounts, the _Hypericum crispum_ in Sicily is poisonous to white sheep alone; their heads swell, their wool falls off, and they often die; but this plant, according to Lecce, is poisonous only when it grows in swamps; nor is this improbable, as we know how readily the poisonous principle in plants is influenced by the conditions under which they grow.
The yellow flowers of hypericum, blooming around us, made me gratefully savour our escape from mangrove and pandamus.
The trunks of the latter grow to an extraordinary size; and the flowers with which they are loaded form an agreeable contrast, during a great part of the year, to the Hypericum canariense, which is very abundant at this height.