anemone hepatica

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anemone hepatica - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Liverwort \Liv"er*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
     1. A ranunculaceous plant (Anemone Hepatica) with pretty
        white or bluish flowers and a three-lobed leaf; -- called
        also squirrel cups.
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     2. A flowerless plant (Marchantia polymorpha), having an
        irregularly lobed, spreading, and forking frond.
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     Note: From this plant many others of the same order
           (Hepatic[ae]) have been vaguely called liverworts,
           esp. those of the tribe Marchantiace[ae]. See Illust.
           of Hepatica.
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