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Definition of hepatica in English: hepaticanoun hɪˈpatɪkəhəˈpædɪkə A plant of the buttercup family with flowers similar to those of the anemone, native to northern temperate regions. 獐耳细辛 Genus Hepatica, family Ranunculaceae Example sentencesExamples - The forest has not been cut for 300 years, and I found myself surrounded by ground flora such as Solomon's seal, lily of the valley, yellow wood anemone, toothwort, asarabacca, herb paris and hepatica.
- On this day, the first hepatica buds were poking through the leaf mat, and some were opening into startlingly light-blue flowers.
- It gathered flowers from the forest floor as they walked: yellow celandine and primrose, pale anemone, pink-veined wood sorrel, purple hepatica, lilac and plum violets.
- Many of our loveliest spring wildflowers - trillium, wild ginger, Dutchman's breeches, and hepatica among them - simply can't compete.
- Twenty feet high, the cataract drops its riches into the upper end of the pool, cloaked by hepatica and trailing vines.
OriginFrom medieval Latin hepatica (herba) 'plant having liver-shaped parts, or one used to treat liver diseases', feminine of hepaticus (see hepatic). RhymesAttica, sciatica, viatica Definition of hepatica in US English: hepaticanounhəˈpadikəhəˈpædɪkə A plant of the buttercup family with flowers similar to those of the anemone, native to northern temperate regions. 獐耳细辛 Genus Hepatica, family Ranunculaceae Example sentencesExamples - On this day, the first hepatica buds were poking through the leaf mat, and some were opening into startlingly light-blue flowers.
- It gathered flowers from the forest floor as they walked: yellow celandine and primrose, pale anemone, pink-veined wood sorrel, purple hepatica, lilac and plum violets.
- The forest has not been cut for 300 years, and I found myself surrounded by ground flora such as Solomon's seal, lily of the valley, yellow wood anemone, toothwort, asarabacca, herb paris and hepatica.
- Many of our loveliest spring wildflowers - trillium, wild ginger, Dutchman's breeches, and hepatica among them - simply can't compete.
- Twenty feet high, the cataract drops its riches into the upper end of the pool, cloaked by hepatica and trailing vines.
OriginFrom medieval Latin hepatica (herba) ‘plant having liver-shaped parts, or one used to treat liver diseases’, feminine of hepaticus (see hepatic). |