St. John's wort

English thumb|Saint John's wort flowers Alternative forms en St John's wort Saint John's wort Pronunciation en /seɪnt ˈd͡ʒɑnz wɝt/ GA, sānt jŏnz wûrt en /sən(t) ˈd͡ʒɒnz wɜːt/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-St. John's wort.wav Southern England Noun - s St. John's wort Any of several plants, of the genus Hypericum genus, especially Hypericum perforatum species, that have yellow flowers and traditionally ward off evil. en common St. John's wort John's wort springwort [1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song13 p.218: that hearbe we call S. John] en 1828 Thomas Keightley Thomas Keightley The Fairy Mythology I London William Harrison Ainsworth 140 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. en 1940 Rosetta E. Clarkson Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens The Macmillan Company 258 Peony would keep away any kind of storms. Mugwort hung over doorways on Midsummer's Day, June 24, would keep off lightning, as St. John's-Wort would if gathered before sunrise on that day. en 2013-03 David S. Senchina Athletics and Herbal Supplements 101 2 134 w:American Scientist http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/2013/2/athletics-and-herbal-supplements 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. 10 May 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130516202757/http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/2013/2/athletics-and-herbal-supplements 16 May 2013 en uncountable The plant prepared as a medication. Translations any plant of the genus Hypericum Albanian: sq makth i egër m, sq makth m Arabic: ar حَشِيشَة الْقَلْب f ḥašīša al-qalb, ar دَاذِيّ m Catalan: ca pericó m, ca herba de Sant Joan f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 金絲桃 jīnsītáo Czech: cs třezalka f Dutch: nl hertshooi n Erzya: myv урмавкс Estonian: et naistepuna Faroese: fo pirikum n Finnish: fi kuisma Hypericum French: fr millepertuis m German: de Johanniskraut n Greek: el βάλσαμο n, el υπερικό n Ancient Greek: grc ὑπέρεικος f, grc ἄσκυρον n, grc ἀνδρόσαιμον n Hungarian: hu orbáncfű Irish: ga luibh Eoin Baiste f Italian: it iperico m Korean: ko 고추나물 Lak: lbe узул ликри Latin: la ascyron n Latvian: lv asinszāles Macedonian: mk кантарио́н m, mk тантур m Norwegian: no johannesurt m Polish: pl dziurawiec m, pl kotwica f Portuguese: pt hipericão m, pt erva-de-são-joão f Romanian: ro sunătoare f Russian: ru зверобо́й m Scottish Gaelic: gd lus Chaluim Chille m Serbo-Croatian: sh gospina trava f, sh pljȕskavica f Spanish: es hipérico m, es hierba de San Juan f Swedish: sv johannesört Turkish: Ottoman Turkish: ota یاره اوتی yara otu Ukrainian: uk звіробі́й m Welsh: cy eurinllys m f Hypericum perforatum Finnish: fi mäkikuisma Hypericum perforatum Japanese: ja 西洋弟切草 せいようおとぎりそう, seiyō otogirisō, ja セント・ジョーンズ・ワート sento Jōnzu wāto Polish: pl dziurawiec zwyczajny m, pl ziele świętojańskie n Further reading Hypericum 1 Hypericum perforatum 1 Hypericum 1 en eponyms en Malpighiales order plants