noun.
Any of several woodland plants of the genus Hepatica of the buttercup family, especially H. americana of eastern North America, having three-lobed leaves and white or lavender flowers. Hepaticas are sometimes classified in the genus Anemone.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The liverleaf, Anemone Hepatica (Hepatica triloba). The old genus Hepatica of Dillenius may be regarded as a subgenus of Anemone.
noun.
Any liverwort; a cryptogamic plant of the family Hepaticœ.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup.
noun.
Any plant, usually procumbent and mosslike, of the cryptogamous class Hepaticæ; -- called also scale moss and liverwort. See Hepaticæ, in the Supplement.
noun.
Any of the herbaceous plants in the genus Hepatica of the buttercup family, notably the common hepatica.
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noun.
a common liverwort
noun.
any of several plants of the genus Hepatica having three-lobed leaves and white or pinkish flowers in early spring; of moist and mossy subalpine woodland areas of north temperate regions
Word Usage
"Oh, but someone says, the hepatica is the first flower of spring; all the nature writers say so."