Hepatica

See also: hepatica, hepática, and hepàtica

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἡπατικός (hēpatikós, liver-like), from ἧπαρ ("liver"), because the rounded-triangular lobes of the plant's leaves were thought to resemble the human liver.

Proper noun

Hepatica f

  1. The liverworts, taxonomically treated either as
    1. A taxonomic section within the family Ranunculaceae Anemone sect. Hepatica. or
    2. A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae.
  2. A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain moths.

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References

section (Ranunculaceae)
genus (Ranunculaceae)
genus (Erebidae)
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