'Hepatica' definitions:
Definition of 'hepatica'
(from WordNet)
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 [syn: hepatica, liverleaf]
noun
A common liverwort [syn: hepatica, Marchantia polymorpha]
Definition of 'Hepatica'
From: GCIDE
- 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]