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hepatica

noun — 2 senses

hepatica

noun

Etymology See hepatic.

1

Any of the herbaceous plants in the genus Hepatica of the buttercup family, notably the common hepatica.

  • Tufts of primroses grew under the still leafless trees; the hepatica had succeeded the snowdrop.1842, [Katherine] Thomson, chapter XIII, in Widows and Widowers. A Romance of Real Life., volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 281:
Derived terms
round-lobed hepatica

hepatica

noun

Etymology See hepatic.

1

Medicine, Sciences Obsolete Medicines to treat the liver.

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