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noun

Hepatica n. (pl. hepaticae)

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

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

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Hepatica" Quotes from Famous Books

... come. Canoes and tents and camp-kit? "That will all be provided; it is well not to be anxious concerning these sublunary things." Mosquitoes? "Concerning this, also, thee must learn to put thy trust in Providence; yet there is a happy interval, as it were, between the fading of the hepatica and the blooming of the mosquito, when the woods of South Jersey are habitable for man, and it would be most prudent to choose this season for the exercise of providential trust regarding mosquitoes." Examination papers? Duty? "Surely thee must do what thee thinks ...

— Days Off - And Other Digressions • Henry Van Dyke

... not open their blue eyes till the sunshine was warmer, the columbines refused to dance with the boisterous east wind, the ferns kept themselves rolled up in their brown flannel jackets, and little Hepatica, with many another spring beauty, hid away in the woods, afraid to venture out, in spite of the eager welcome awaiting them. But the birds had come, punctual as ever, and the bluejays were screaming in the orchard, robins were perking up their heads and tails as they went ...

— Jack and Jill • Louisa May Alcott

... says, the hepatica is the first flower of spring; all the nature writers say so. Well, but they don't seem to say much about the trillium; possibly they haven't found it so often. Indeed, it seems to be more choice of its location. ...

— Some Spring Days in Iowa • Frederick John Lazell

Words linked to "Hepatica" : herb, Piranga flava hepatica, hepatic, vena hepatica, liverwort, Marchantia polymorpha, Fistulina hepatica