(n) 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
‖n.; pl.Hepaticae [ NL. See Hepatic. So called in allusion to the shape of the lobed leaves or fronds. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
1. (Bot.) A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (bot.) Any plant, usually procumbent and mosslike, of the cryptogamous class Hepaticae; -- called also scale moss and liverwort. See Hepaticae, in the Supplement. [ 1913 Webster ]