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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

See also: hepatica and hepática

Translingual

Proper noun

Hepatica f

  1. The liverworts, taxonomically treated either as
    1. A taxonomic section within the family Ranunculaceae Anemone sect. Hepatica. or
    2. A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae.
  2. A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain moths.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

See also

section (Ranunculaceae)
genus (Ranunculaceae)
genus (Erebidae)

hepatica

hepatica

See also: Hepatica and hepática
Hepatica nobilis flowers

English

Wikispecies

Noun

hepatica (plural hepaticas)

  1. Any of the herbaceous plants in the genus Hepatica of the buttercup family, notably the common hepatica.

Translations


Latin

Adjective

hēpatica

  1. nominative feminine singular of hēpaticus
  2. nominative neuter plural of hēpaticus
  3. accusative neuter plural of hēpaticus
  4. vocative feminine singular of hēpaticus
  5. nominative neuter plural of hēpaticus

hēpaticā

  1. ablative feminine singular of hēpaticus