Hepatica

[hi'pætikә]

Definition

(noun.) a common liverwort.

(noun.) 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.

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Definition

(n.) A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup.

(n.) Any plant, usually procumbent and mosslike, of the cryptogamous class Hepaticae; -- called also scale moss and liverwort. See Hepaticae, in the Supplement.

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