noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A common flowering perennial herb of northern woodlands, Hepatica nobilis (syn. Anemone hepatica), used in traditional European herbal medicine.
2. 2
   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

All synonyms

hepaticahepaticaliverwort

Etymology

From liver + leaf.

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