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Hepatica   Listen
noun
Hepatica  n.  (pl. hepaticae)  
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 Hepaticae; called also scale moss and liverwort. See Hepaticae, in the Supplement.





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"Hepatica" Quotes from Famous Books



... 16th October, "My dear Bessy planting some roots Miss Hughes has brought her, looking for a place to put a root of pink hepatica in, where (as she said) 'I might best see them in my walk.'" Yes, he had sensibility; but she had imagination. A little Tom was born a week after that. She took it badly, as she did most of her labours, and was in bed a month. On the 18th November she went out ...
— In a Green Shade - A Country Commentary • Maurice Hewlett
... leaves of the hepatica seen at the time when the blossoms appear are leaves which grew the previous season. Dig up a plant and notice ...
— Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study • Ontario Ministry of Education


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