Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Hepatica"
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) 1.7 (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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