hepatica (n.)

  1. 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

    [ Syn: liverleaf ]

  2. a common liverwort

    [ Syn: marchantia polymorpha ]

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