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Webster 1913 Edition
Hepatica
‖
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
Hepatica
Hepatica
Translingual
Proper noun
Hepatica f
- The liverworts, taxonomically treated either as
- A taxonomic section within the family Ranunculaceae – Anemone sect. Hepatica. or
- A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae.
- A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain moths.
Hypernyms
- (section of Anemone): Ranunculaceae - family; Ranunculoideae - subfamily; Anemoneae - tribe; Anemone - genus; Anemone subg. Anemonidium - subgenus
- (genus (Ranunculaceae)): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots - clades; Ranunculales - order; Ranunculaceae - family; Ranunculoideae - subfamily; Anemoneae - tribe; Anemone - genus; Anemone subg. Anemonidium - subgenus
- (genus (Erebidae)): Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Eumetabola, Endopterygota - clades; Panorpida - superorder; Amphiesmenoptera - clade; Lepidoptera - order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Ditrysia - division; Cossina - section; Bombycina - subsection; Noctuoidea - superfamily; Erebidae - family; Eublemminae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (section of Anemone): Anemone acutiloba, Anemone americana, Anemone henryi, Anemone hepatica, Anemone insularis, Anemone maxima, Anemone transsilvanica - species
- (genus (Ranunculaceae)): Hepatica nobilis - species
- (genus of moths):
See also
- section (Ranunculaceae)
- Anemone sect. Hepatica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- genus (Ranunculaceae)
- Hepatica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Hepatica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Hepatica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Hepatica at USDA Plants database
- Hepatica at the Catalogue of Life
- Hepatica at Encyclopedia of Life
- Hepatica at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Hepatica at The Plant List
- genus (Erebidae)
- Hepatica (moth) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Erebidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Hepatica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Hepatica at the Catalogue of Life
- Hepatica at Encyclopedia of Life
hepatica
hepatica
English
Noun
hepatica (plural hepaticas)
- Any of the herbaceous plants in the genus Hepatica of the buttercup family, notably the common hepatica.
Translations
plant in the genus Hepatica