HEPATICAS

Noun

hepaticas

plural of hepatica

Source: Wiktionary


HEPATICA

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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