he·pat·i·ca /hɪˈpætɪkə/
地錢屬的植物,獐耳細辛
He·pat·i·ca n.; pl. Hepaticae
1. Bot. A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup.
2. bot. Any plant, usually procumbent and mosslike, of the cryptogamous class Hepaticae; -- called also scale moss and liverwort. See Hepaticae, in the Supplement.
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hepatica
n 1: any of several plants of the genus Hepatica having 3-lobed
leaves and white or pinkish flowers in early spring; of
moist and mossy subalpine woodland areas of north
temperate regions [syn: liverleaf]
2: a common liverwort [syn: Marchantia polymorpha]