What does hepatica mean?we found 3 entries for the meaning of hepatica
 

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. [1913 Webster]

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]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

hepatica

noun

1: 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 [syn: liverleaf]
2: a common liverwort [syn: Marchantia polymorpha]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

 

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.]

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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