hipericão
Portuguese, noun/i.pe.ɾiˈkɐ̃w̃/
hipericão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “St. John's wort (any plant of the genus Hypericum)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta medicinal de caule lenhoso e flores de pétalas amarelas”.
What does hipericão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineSt. John's wort (any plant of the genus Hypericum)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta medicinal de caule lenhoso e flores de pétalas amarelas
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of hipericão
- hipericões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hipericão?
- Brazil /i.pe.ɾiˈkɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [i.pe.ɾiˈkɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /i.pɛ.ɾiˈkɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hipericão in Portuguese?
hipericão appears about once in every 36 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).