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Hepatica n. (pl. hepaticae)

(Bot.) A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup.

(bot.) Any plant, usually procumbent and mosslike, of the cryptogamous class Hepaticae; called also scale moss and liverwort. See Hepaticae, in the Supplement.

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Etymology of 'Hepatica'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Hepatica" Quotes from Famous Books

... old fears and her old hopes; and amid the ruins of the latter new ones were starting, in equally bewildering confusion. Like little green heads of daffodils pushing up above the frozen ground, and fair blossoms of hepatica opening beneath a concealing mat of dead leaves. Ah, they would blossom freely by and by; now Lois hardly knew where they were or ...

— Nobody • Susan Warner

... worthy a place in any garden will be found the Dogwoods, the Plums, the Crab-apple, and the wild Rose. Smaller plants, like the Trillium, the Houstonia, the Bloodroot, the Claytonia and the Hepatica, will work in charmingly in the foreground. Between them can be used many varieties of Fern, if the location is shaded somewhat, as it should be to suit the flowering plants I ...

— Amateur Gardencraft - A Book for the Home-Maker and Garden Lover • Eben E. Rexford

Words linked to "Hepatica" : liverwort, Marchantia polymorpha, herbaceous plant, herb, Piranga flava hepatica, arteria hepatica, hepatic, Fasciola hepatica