Definitions for: Hepatica


[n] a common liverwort
[n] any of several plants of the genus Hepatica having 3-lobed leaves and white or pinkish flowers in early spring; of moist and mossy subalpine woodland areas of north temperate regions



Webster (1913) Definition: He*pat"i*ca, n.; pl. Hepatic[ae]. [NL. See
Hepatic. So called in allusion to the shape of the lobed
leaves or fronds.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to
Anemone; squirrel cup.

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.

Synonyms: liverleaf, Marchantia polymorpha

See Also: genus Hepatica, genus Marchantia, herb, herbaceous plant, liverwort, Marchantia

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