HEPATICA

hepatica, Marchantia polymorpha

(noun) a common liverwort

hepatica, liverleaf

(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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

hepatica (plural hepaticas)

Any of the herbaceous plants in the genus Hepatica of the buttercup family, notably the common hepatica.

Noun

hepatica pl (plural only)

(medicine, obsolete) Medicines to treat the liver.

Anagrams

• apachite

Source: Wiktionary

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He*pat"i*ca, n.; pl. Hepaticæ. Etym: [NL. See Hepatic. So called in allusion to the shape of the lobed leaves or fronds.]

1. (Bot.)

Definition: A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup.

2. (bot.)

Definition: Any plant, usually procumbent and mosslike, of the cryptogamous class Hepaticæ; -- called also scale moss and liverwort. See Hepaticæ, in the Supplement.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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