Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hepatica

2 senses of hepatica

Sense 1
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)
       => herb, herbaceous plant -- (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Sense 2
hepatica, Marchantia polymorpha -- (a common liverwort)
       => liverwort, hepatic -- (any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses)