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hepatica

Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

hepatica(n = noun.plant) liverleaf - 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; Array

is a member of genus hepatica

is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant

is a kind of hepatic, liverwort

is a member of genus marchantia, marchantia

hepatica, n. [NL. See Hepatic. So called in allusion to the shape of the lobed leaves or fronds.].

A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup. [1913 Webster]
Any plant, usually procumbent and mosslike, of the cryptogamous class Hepaticæ; -- called also scale moss and liverwort. See Hepaticæ, in the Supplement. [1913 Webster]

hepatica, n. any plant of the genus Hepatica, with reddish-brown lobed leaves resembling the liver.

Etymology

med.L fem. of hepaticus: see HEPATIC

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