ETYM New Lat. Related to Hepatic. So called in allusion to the shape of the lobed leaves or fronds.
1. A common liverwort; SYN. Marchantia polymorpha.
2. Any of several plants of the genus Hepatica having 3-lobed leaves and white or pinkish flowers in early spring; of moist and mossy subalpine woodland areas of north temperate regions; SYN. liverleaf.