noun
- 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.
- A common liverwort.
- synonyms: hepatica, Marchantia polymorpha
- Liverworts: comprises orders Anthocerotales; Jungermanniales; Marchantiales; Sphaerocarpales.
- synonyms: Hepaticopsida, class Hepaticopsida, class Hepaticae
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