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tutsan

tutsan

9.9
A small European bush with golden yellow flowers and reddish purple berries used to make a soothing ointment
  • noun
  • UK
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  • The tutsan glowed with golden blossoms along the garden path.

Examples

  • Many people use tutsan to make a soothing salve for minor skin irritations.

  • Wild tutsans can be found growing abundantly in parts of western Europe.

  • Her grandmother always kept a jar of tutsan ointment for cuts and bruises.

  • The tutsan plant thrives in sunny areas.

  • Many gardeners love to grow tutsan for its beautiful flowers.

  • Her grandmother always kept a jar of tutsan ointment for cuts and bruises.

  • Wild tutsan shrubs with golden yellow flowers are often found in meadows.

Synonyms

Hypericum androsaemum
vstutsan
  • Specialized
9.9

A bush with yellow flowers and red-purple berries used to make herbal cream

is the common everyday name rather than the formal scientific label

Surface Forms

tutsan singular
tutsans plural

Etymology

Tutsan may come from old French words like toute 'all' and sain 'healthy', because people once used the shrub as a simple medicine for cuts and bruises. So, thinking of tutsan as an 'all-heal' helps you remember this golden-flowered plant that was used to make a soothing salve.