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Webster 1913 Edition

Hepatica

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He-pat′i-ca

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Hepaticae
(#)
.
[NL. See
Hepatic
. So called in allusion to the shape of the lobed leaves or fronds.]
1.
(Bot.)
A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup.
2.
(bot.)
Any plant, usually procumbent and mosslike, of the cryptogamous class
Hepaticae
; – called also
scale moss
and
liverwort
. See
Hepaticae
, in the Supplement.

Definition 2024

hepática

hepática

See also: hepatica and Hepatica

Portuguese

Noun

hepática f (plural hepáticas)

  1. liverwort (bryophyte with a leafy stem)

Adjective

hepática f sg

  1. Feminine singular of adjective hepático.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin hepaticus, from Ancient Greek ἡπατικός ‎(hēpatikós, “related to the liver”), from ἧπαρ ‎(hêpar), ἥπατος ‎(hḗpatos)

Adjective

hepática f sg

  1. feminine singular of hepático

Noun

hepática f ‎(plural hepáticas)

  1. hepatica

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