SaintJohn's wort

SaintJohn's wort
Saint John's wort also Saint John's·wort (jŏnzʹwûrt', -wôrt') n.
Any of various herbs or shrubs of the genus Hypericum, having yellow flowers with five petals and numerous stamens that are united at the base into three to five fascicles.
  [From its being gathered on Saint John's Eve to ward off evil.]

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Universalium. 2010.

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