millepertuis
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See also: mille-pertuis
French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (dated) mille-pertuis
Etymology
[edit]mille (“thousand”) + pertuis (“hole”), a reference to the leaves' appearance.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]millepertuis m (plural millepertuis)
- St. John's wort (Hypericum L.)
- Synonym: (dated) hypéricon
- Hypernym: hypéricacées
- Hyponyms: millepertuis nummulaire, millepertuis perforé
- Synonym of millepertuis perforé (“St. John's wort”) (Hypericum perforatum)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “millepertuis” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- “millepertuis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.