Hypericon, herba. Plin. An hearbe called saint Iohus wort.Hyphear.A kinde of clammy lime.Hyphen.Where diuers wordes be pronounced vnder one accent. vt, Heri semper lenitas. Quandoquidem. &c. Hypnales.Adders which stinging a man maketh him dy sleeping.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
hpĕrīcon (-īcum), i, n., = u(pe/reikon, a plant, called also chamaepitys and corion, ground-pine, Plin. 26, 8, 53, 85.