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   ‖Hepatica (?), n.; pl. Hepaticae (#). [NL. See Hepatic. So called in allusion to the shape of the lobed leaves or fronds.]
   
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   1. (Bot.) A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup.
   
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   2. (bot.) Any plant, usually procumbent and mosslike, of the cryptogamous class Hepaticae; -- called also scale moss and liverwort. See Hepaticae, in the Supplement.
   
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