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hepatica

hepatica noun: any of the herbaceous plants in the genus Hepatica of the buttercup family, notably the common hepatica.

hepatica: any of the herbaceous plants in the genus Hepatica of the buttercup family, notably the common...
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Noun (1)

hepatica (plural hepaticas)

  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

Noun (2)

hepatica pl (plural only)

  1. (obsolete, plural, plural-only) Medicines to treat the liver.

Forms of hepatica

pluralhepaticas

Origin of hepatica

See hepatic.

Words formed from hepatica

Phrases with hepatica

Questions about hepatica

What does hepatica mean?
Hepatica means any of the herbaceous plants in the genus Hepatica of the buttercup family, notably the common hepatica.
What part of speech is hepatica?
Hepatica is a noun.
What is the plural of hepatica?
The plural of hepatica is hepaticas.

Words near hepatica in the dictionary

  1. hepatic portal vein
  2. hepatic portal veins
  3. hepatic tanager
  4. hepatic tanagers
  5. hepatic vein
  6. hepatica
  7. hepatical
  8. hepatically
  9. hepaticas
  10. hepatico-
  11. hepaticobiliary

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