hepatica

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A little farther and we find a group of them and then other clusters, fresh and pure and sweet enough to make a bouquet for Euphrosyne Oh, but someone says, the hepatica is the first flower of spring; all the nature writers say so.

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  1. noun Any of several woodland plants of the genus Hepatica, especially H. americana of eastern North America, having three-lobed leaves and white or lavender flowers. Also called liverleaf.

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  • Activity preparation based carbon tetrachloride immature forms Fasciola hepatica, toxicity sheep —  xml's Blinklist.com
  • Benjamin Cook said hepatica, bloodroot and red berried elder tended to show the strongest trends toward earlier flowering. —  Impact Lab
  • Seems like the bloodroot and hepatica should be up by now! —  Mon@rch's Nature Blog
  • A little farther and we find a group of them and then other clusters, fresh and pure and sweet enough to make a bouquet for Euphrosyne Oh, but someone says, the hepatica is the first flower of spring; all the nature writers say so. —  Some Spring Days in Iowa
  • A substance resembling hepar; in homeopathy calcium sulphide, called also hepar sulphuris calcareum hepatica (liverleaf Woodland plants of the genus Hepatica, especially H. americana of eastern North America, having three-lobed leaves and white or lavender flowers Herpes Zoster Varicella-zoster virus: A herpesvirus that causes chickenpox and shingles. —  Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada
 

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  1. Middle English epatica, liverwort, from Medieval Latin hēpatica, from feminine of Latin hēpaticus, of the liver; see hepatic.
 

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