[W/K] :: Hepatica

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