St John's wort vs great St John's wort

great St John's wort vs St John's wort

St John's wort and great St John's wort both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
St John's wort	Yes	No	No	No
great St John's wort	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, great St John's wort is a hyponym of St John's wort; that is, great St John's wort is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than St John's wort:

St John's wort: any of numerous plants of the genus Hypericum having yellow flowers and transparently dotted leaves; traditionally gathered on St John's eve to ward off evil
great St John's wort: perennial shrub having large star-shaped yellow flowers in narrowly pyramidal cymes

Other hyponyms of St John's wort include common St John's wort, Hypericum androsaemum, tutsan, Hypericum ascyron, Hypericum pyramidatum, creeping St John's wort, Hypericum calycinum, Hypericum gentianoides, nitweed, orange grass, pine-weed, pineweed, Hypericum crux andrae, St Andrews's cross, Hypericum hypericoides, low St Andrew's cross, Hypericum perforatum, klammath weed, Hypericum prolificum, Hypericum spathulatum, shrubby St John's wort, Hypericum maculatum, Hypericum tetrapterum, St Peter's wort, Hypericum virginianum, marsh St-John's wort.

St John's wort (noun)	great St John's wort (noun)
any of numerous plants of the genus Hypericum having yellow flowers and transparently dotted leaves; traditionally gathered on St John's eve to ward off evil	perennial shrub having large star-shaped yellow flowers in narrowly pyramidal cymes

Difference between St John's wort and great St John's wort

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