hepatica

2 definitions found

hepatica - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hepatica \He*pat"i*ca\, n.; pl. Hepatic[ae]. [NL. See
     Hepatic. So called in allusion to the shape of the lobed
     leaves or fronds.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. (Bot.) A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to
        Anemone; squirrel cup.
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     2. (bot.) Any plant, usually procumbent and mosslike, of the
        cryptogamous class Hepatic[ae]; -- called also scale  moss
         and liverwort. See Hepatic[ae], in the
        Supplement.
        [1913 Webster]

hepatica - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  hepatica
      n 1: any of several plants of the genus Hepatica having three-
           lobed leaves and white or pinkish flowers in early spring;
           of moist and mossy subalpine woodland areas of north
           temperate regions [syn: hepatica, liverleaf]
      2: a common liverwort [syn: hepatica, Marchantia polymorpha]