See Also: Hepatica(medicine)
hepatica(dictionary)
Capillaria hepatica(medicine)
fasciola hepatica(medicine)
pars hepatica(medicine)
porphyria hepatica(medicine)
Fasciola hepatica(health)
arteria hepatica communis(medicine)
arteria hepatica propria(medicine)

hepatica (iou)



hepatica noun. . LME.
[medieval Latin (sc. herba) plant with liver-shaped parts or used for liver diseases, use as noun of fem. of Latin hepaticus: see HEPATIC.]
= LIVERWORT 1. Orig., (a herbalist's name for) the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha. LME.
Any of several spring-flowering European and N. American woodland plants of the genus Hepatica, allied to the anemone, with three-lobed leaves thought to resemble the liver. L16.
hepati'cologist noun a person who studies liverworts L19.