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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Hepatica

· He·pat·i·ca · IPA
01 n. A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup.
pl. Hepaticae ((#))
  1. 1.
    A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup.(Bot.)
  2. 2.
    Any plant, usually procumbent and mosslike, of the cryptogamous class Hepaticae; -- called also scale moss and liverwort. See Hepaticae, in the Supplement.(bot.) Also: scale moss, liverwort See: Hepaticae