hepatica en · NOUN
Etymology
See hepatic.
Meanings
- (obsolete, plural, plural-only) Medicines to treat the liver.
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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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hepaticas | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (5)
ro trei-răi (plant in the genus Hepatica) · es hepática (plant in the genus Hepatica) · bg гълъбови очички (plant in the genus Hepatica) · ro crucea-voinicului (plant in the genus Hepatica) · fi sinivuokko (plant in the genus Hepatica)