Hepatica

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of the herbaceous plants in the genus Hepatica of the buttercup family, notably the common hepatica.

    "Tufts of primroses grew under the still leafless trees; the hepatica had succeeded the snowdrop."

  2. 2
    Medicines to treat the liver. obsolete, plural, plural-only
  3. 3
    a common liverwort wordnet
  4. 4
    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 wordnet

Synonyms

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liverleafmarchantia polymorpha

Example

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"Tufts of primroses grew under the still leafless trees; the hepatica had succeeded the snowdrop."

Etymology

See hepatic.

Related phrases

round-lobed hepaticacommon hepatica

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