marsh st-john's wort

1. 1.

   perennial marsh herb with pink to mauve flowers; southeastern United States

   SynonymsHypericum virginianum

   BroaderSt John's wort

Questions about marsh st-john's wort

What does marsh st-john's wort mean?

marsh st-john's wort means "perennial marsh herb with pink to mauve flowers; southeastern United States".

What is another word for marsh st-john's wort?

Close synonyms include Hypericum virginianum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is marsh st-john's wort a common word?

marsh st-john's wort is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.