Found 2 items, similar to Hepaticae.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Hepaticae Hepaticae n : liverworts: comprises orders Anthocerotales; Jungermanniales; Marchantiales; Sphaerocarpales [syn: Hepaticopsida, class Hepaticopsida, class Hepaticae]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Hepaticae 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]