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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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}]
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