Found 2 items, similar to hepatica.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: hepatica
hepatica
n 1: any of several plants of the genus Hepatica having 3-lobed
leaves and white or pinkish flowers in early spring; of
moist and mossy subalpine woodland areas of north
temperate regions [syn:
liverleaf]
2: a common liverwort [syn:
Marchantia polymorpha]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Hepatica
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]