Hepatica /(?)/

He·pat·i·ca

Hepatica

n.

pl. Hepaticae

  1. A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup. (Bot.)
  2. Any plant, usually procumbent and mosslike, of the cryptogamous class Hepaticae; -- called also scale moss and liverwort. See Hepaticae, in the Supplement. (bot.)