(n) deciduous bushy Eurasian shrub with golden yellow flowers and reddish-purple fruits from which a soothing salve is made in Spain, Syn. Hypericum androsaemum, tutsan
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n. [ Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + sfi`gx sphinx. ] (Egypt. Art.) A man sphinx; a sphinx having the head of a man and the body of a lion. [ 1913 Webster ]