hepatica

Meanings

Plural: hepaticas

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
• a common liverwort
• Any of the herbaceous plants in the genus Hepatica of the buttercup family, notably the common hepatica.
• Medicines to treat the liver.

Synonyms

liverleaf, Marchantia polymorpha