St John's wort vs shrubby St John's wort

shrubby St John's wort vs St John's wort

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

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

As nouns, shrubby St John's wort is a hyponym of St John's wort; that is, shrubby 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
shrubby St John's wort: stiff shrub having oblong entire leaves and dense cymes of yellow flowers

Other hyponyms of St John's wort include common St John's wort, Hypericum androsaemum, tutsan, great St John's wort, 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, Hypericum maculatum, Hypericum tetrapterum, St Peter's wort, Hypericum virginianum, marsh St-John's wort.

St John's wort (noun)	shrubby 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	stiff shrub having oblong entire leaves and dense cymes of yellow flowers

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

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