01 n. A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup.
pl.
Hepaticae ((#))
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A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup.(Bot.)
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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