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noun

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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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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