“john's”

The following 10 entries include the term john's.

Saint John's bread

noun

Saint-John's-wort

noun

: any of a large genus (Hypericum of the family Guttiferae, the Saint-John's-wort family) of cosmopolitan herbs and shrubs with showy pentamerous yellow flowers

great Saint-John's-wort

noun

: a large-flowered St.-John's wort (Hypericum pyramidatum)

John's-wort

noun

: saint-john's-wort

marsh Saint-John's-wort

noun

: a perennial glabrous marsh herb (Hypericum virginianum) having sessile cordate or clasping leaves and pink to mauve flowers

Saint John's eve

noun

: the evening before St. John the Baptist's Day

Saint John's fire

noun

: a fire lighted on the night of St. John the Baptist's Day to ward off sickness and ill luck compare needfire

Saint-John's-wort family

noun

: guttiferae

shrubby St.-John's-wort

noun

: a stiff shrub or woody herb (Hypericum spathulatum) having oblong entire leaves and dense cymes of yellow flowers with numerous stamens


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