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HEPATICA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A common liverwort
Synonyms:
hepatica; Marchantia polymorpha
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("hepatica" is a kind of...):
hepatic; liverwort (any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses)
Holonyms ("hepatica" is a member of...):
genus Marchantia; Marchantia (type genus of Marchantiaceae; liverworts that reproduce asexually by gemmae and have stalked antheridiophores)
Sense 2
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
hepatica; liverleaf
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("hepatica" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Holonyms ("hepatica" is a member of...):
genus Hepatica (small genus of perennial herbs of north temperate regions; allied to genus Anemone)
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