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1. (n.) hepatica
any plant of the genus Hepatica, of the buttercup family, having heart-shaped leaves and delicate purplish or white flowers.
Etymology: (1540–50; < ML: liverwort)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) hepatica, 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
2. (noun) hepatica, Marchantia polymorpha
a common liverwort
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1. (noun) hepatica
a genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup
2. (noun) hepatica
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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