Hypericum tetrapterum

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A wild plant with bright yellow flowers that grows in wet meadows in Europe

noun

Specialized

: Hypericum tetrapterum

The bright yellow flowers of Hypericum tetrapterum make it easy to identify in the wild.

Examples

Hypericum tetrapterum is commonly found in wet meadows throughout western Europe.
In my garden, I have planted Hypericum tetrapterum for its vibrant flowers.
Researchers studied the medicinal properties of Hypericum tetrapterum for its potential use in herbal treatments.
The Hypericum tetrapterum blooms beautifully in the summer.
Hypericum tetrapterum is commonly found in wet meadows throughout western Europe.
The bright yellow flowers of Hypericum tetrapterum make it easy to identify in the wild.
In my garden, I have planted Hypericum tetrapterum for its vibrant flowers.

Synonyms

St Peter's wort

vsHypericum tetrapterum

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A European plant with bright yellow flowers that blooms in summer

is the specific species with yellow flowers within that same range

Surface Forms

Hypericum tetrapterum singular

Morphology

Hypericum + tetrapterum

This is a Latin binomial (taxonomic) name: 'Hypericum' is a genus name and 'tetrapterum' is a Latin specific epithet (not an ordinary English word and absent from the learner dictionary). A B1 learner who knows the constituent items would at best infer it names a species of Hypericum, but would not be able to derive the descriptive meaning (European perennial with yellow flowers) from the parts; such scientific names are effectively opaque without knowledge of botanical Latin.

Etymology

Hypericum tetrapterum comes from the old plant name Hypericum and the word tetrapterum, which means 'four wings'. The picture helps: the plant has bright yellow St John's wort flowers and a stem with four thin raised edges like little wings, so the name tells you what the plant looks like.