Hepatica

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1. Noun

A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup.

2. Noun

Any plant, usually procumbent and mosslike, of the cryptogamous class Hepaticae; -- called also scale moss and liverwort. See Hepaticae, in the Supplement.

3. Noun

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
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4. Noun

a common liverwort
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