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Noun [English]

IPA: /seɪnt ˈd͡ʒɑnz wɝt/ [General-American], /sən(t)ˈd͡ʒɒnz wɜːt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: St. John's worts [plural]
enPR: sānt jŏnz wûrt [General-American] Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s|head=St. John's wort}} St. John's wort (usually uncountable, plural St. John's worts)
  1. Any of several plants, of the genus Hypericum, especially Hypericum perforatum, that have yellow flowers and traditionally ward off evil. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Malpighiales order plants Synonyms: John's wort, St John's wort, Saint John's wort Translations (Hypericum perforatum): mäkikuisma (taxonomic: Hypericum perforatum) (Finnish), 西洋弟切草 (seiyō otogirisō) (alt: せいようおとぎりそう) (Japanese), セント・ジョーンズ・ワート (sento Jōnzu wāto) (Japanese), dziurawiec zwyczajny [masculine] (Polish), ziele świętojańskie [neuter] (Polish) Translations (any plant of the genus Hypericum): makth i egër [masculine] (Albanian), makth [masculine] (Albanian), ὑπέρεικος (hupéreikos) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ἄσκυρον (áskuron) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), ἀνδρόσαιμον (andrósaimon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), حَشِيشَة الْقَلْب (ḥašīša al-qalb) [feminine] (Arabic), دَاذِيّ (dāḏiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), pericó [masculine] (Catalan), herba de Sant Joan [feminine] (Catalan), 金絲桃 (Chinese Mandarin), 金丝桃 (jīnsītáo) (Chinese Mandarin), třezalka [feminine] (Czech), hertshooi [neuter] (Dutch), урмавкс (urmavks) (Erzya), naistepuna (Estonian), pirikum [neuter] (Faroese), kuisma (english: Hypericum) (Finnish), millepertuis [masculine] (French), Johanniskraut [neuter] (German), βάλσαμο (válsamo) [neuter] (Greek), orbáncfű (Hungarian), luibh Eoin Baiste [feminine] (Irish), iperico [masculine] (Italian), 고추나물 (gochunamul) (Korean), ascyron [neuter] (Latin), asinszāles (Latvian), кантарио́н (kantarión) [masculine] (Macedonian), тантур (tantur) [masculine] (Macedonian), johannesurt [masculine] (Norwegian), dziurawiec [masculine] (Polish), kotwica [feminine] (Polish), hipericão [masculine] (Portuguese), erva-de-são-joão [feminine] (Portuguese), sunătoare [feminine] (Romanian), зверобо́й (zverobój) [masculine] (Russian), lus Chaluim Chille [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), gospina trava [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pljȕskavica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), hipérico [masculine] (Spanish), hierba de San Juan [feminine] (Spanish), johannesört (Swedish), звіробі́й (zvirobíj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), eurinllys [feminine, masculine] (Welsh)
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  2. (uncountable) The plant prepared as a medication. Tags: uncountable, usually
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          "sense": "Hypericum perforatum",
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          "ref": "[1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 13 p. 218http://poly-olbion.exeter.ac.uk/the-text/full-text/song-13/",
          "text": "that hearbe we call S. John]"
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          "ref": "1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 140:",
          "text": "It is also necessary to watch cattle so that they may not graze in any place where the Elle-people have been. If any animal goes to a place where the Elle-people have spit or done what is worse, it is attacked by some grievous disease, which can only be cured by giving it a handful of St. John's wort, which was pulled at twelve o'clock on St. John's night.",
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          "text": "Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.",
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      "word": "herba de Sant Joan"
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      "sense": "any plant of the genus Hypericum",
      "word": "金絲桃"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "Johanniskraut"
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      "word": "luibh Eoin Baiste"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "고추나물"
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      "code": "lv",
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      "word": "asinszāles"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "any plant of the genus Hypericum",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "any plant of the genus Hypericum",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kotwica"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "any plant of the genus Hypericum",
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      "word": "hipericão"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any plant of the genus Hypericum",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "erva-de-são-joão"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "any plant of the genus Hypericum",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sunătoare"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "any plant of the genus Hypericum",
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "any plant of the genus Hypericum",
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      "word": "lus Chaluim Chille"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "any plant of the genus Hypericum",
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      "word": "gospina trava"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "any plant of the genus Hypericum",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pljȕskavica"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any plant of the genus Hypericum",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "hipérico"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any plant of the genus Hypericum",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "hierba de San Juan"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "any plant of the genus Hypericum",
      "word": "johannesört"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zvirobíj",
      "sense": "any plant of the genus Hypericum",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "звіробі́й"
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "any plant of the genus Hypericum",
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      "word": "eurinllys"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Hypericum perforatum",
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      "word": "mäkikuisma"
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      "alt": "せいようおとぎりそう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "seiyō otogirisō",
      "sense": "Hypericum perforatum",
      "word": "西洋弟切草"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sento Jōnzu wāto",
      "sense": "Hypericum perforatum",
      "word": "セント・ジョーンズ・ワート"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Hypericum perforatum",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dziurawiec zwyczajny"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Hypericum perforatum",
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      "word": "ziele świętojańskie"
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  "word": "St. John's wort"
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