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GENUS HEPATICA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small genus of perennial herbs of north temperate regions; allied to genus Anemone
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Hepatica" is a kind of...):
magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)
Meronyms (members of "genus Hepatica"):
hepatica; liverleaf (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)
Holonyms ("genus Hepatica" is a member of...):
buttercup family; crowfoot family; family Ranunculaceae; Ranunculaceae (a family of Ranunculaceae)