HEPATICA
Dictionary entry overview: What does hepatica mean?
• HEPATICA (noun)
The noun HEPATICA has 2 senses:
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
2. a common liverwort
Familiarity information: HEPATICA used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HEPATICA (noun)
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
hepatica; liverleaf
Hypernyms ("hepatica" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Holonyms ("hepatica" is a member of...):
genus Hepatica (small genus of perennial herbs of north temperate regions; allied to genus Anemone)
Meaning:
A common liverwort
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Marchantia polymorpha; hepatica
Hypernyms ("hepatica" is a kind of...):
hepatic; liverwort (any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses)
Holonyms ("hepatica" is a member of...):
genus Marchantia; Marchantia (type genus of Marchantiaceae; liverworts that reproduce asexually by gemmae and have stalked antheridiophores)
