Definify.com
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.