'Anemone Hepatica' definitions:

Definition of 'Anemone Hepatica'

From: GCIDE
  • Liverwort \Liv"er*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
  • 1. A ranunculaceous plant (Anemone Hepatica) with pretty white or bluish flowers and a three-lobed leaf; -- called also squirrel cups. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A flowerless plant (Marchantia polymorpha), having an irregularly lobed, spreading, and forking frond. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: From this plant many others of the same order (Hepatic[ae]) have been vaguely called liverworts, esp. those of the tribe Marchantiace[ae]. See Illust. of Hepatica. [1913 Webster]