hepatica
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he·pat·i·ca
(hĭ-păt′ĭ-kə)n.
Any of several woodland plants of the genus Hepatica of the buttercup family, especially H. americana of eastern North America, having three-lobed leaves and white or lavender flowers. Hepaticas are sometimes classified in the genus Anemone. Also called liverleaf.
[Middle English epatica, liverwort, from Medieval Latin hēpatica, from feminine of Latin hēpaticus, of the liver; see hepatic.]
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hepatica
(hɪˈpætɪkə)n
(Plants) any ranunculaceous woodland plant of the N temperate genus Hepatica, having three-lobed leaves and white, mauve, or pink flowers
[C16: from Medieval Latin: liverwort, from Latin hēpaticus of the liver]
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he•pat•i•ca
(hɪˈpæt ɪ kə)n., pl. -cas.
any plant of the genus Hepatica, of the buttercup family, having heart-shaped leaves and delicate purplish or white flowers.
[1540–50; < Medieval Latin: liverwort]
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Noun | 1. | hepatica - 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 genus Hepatica - small genus of perennial herbs of north temperate regions; allied to genus Anemone herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests |
2. | hepatica - a common liverwort hepatic, liverwort - any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses genus Marchantia, Marchantia - type genus of Marchantiaceae; liverworts that reproduce asexually by gemmae and have stalked antheridiophores |
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