Meanings
nounhepatica (plural hepaticas)
plural hepaticas
- 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
nounhepatica pl (plural only)
- obsoletepluralplural onlymedicineMedicines to treat the liver.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany 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
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Broader
herbherbaceous plant
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Origin
Translations
Bulgarian гълъбови очички
- гълъбови очички (gălăbovi očički)plant in the genus Hepatica
Finnish sinivuokko
- sinivuokkoplant in the genus Hepatica
Romanian crucea-voinicului, trei-răi
- crucea-voiniculuiplant in the genus Hepatica
- trei-răiplant in the genus Hepatica
Spanish hepática
- hepáticaplant in the genus Hepatica
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Cite this entry
APA
hepatica. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hepatica
MLA
“hepatica.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hepatica. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hepatica,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hepatica.
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