Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hepatica \He*pat"i*ca\, n.; pl. {Hepatic[ae]}. [NL. See
   {Hepatic}. So called in allusion to the shape of the lobed
   leaves or fronds.]
   1. (Bot.) A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to
      Anemone; squirrel cup.

   2. (bot.) Any plant, usually procumbent and mosslike, of the
      cryptogamous class Hepatic[ae]; -- called also {scale
      moss} and {liverwort}. See {Hepatic[ae]}, in the
      Supplement.

Source : WordNet®

Hepaticae
     n : liverworts: comprises orders Anthocerotales;
         Jungermanniales; Marchantiales; Sphaerocarpales [syn: {Hepaticopsida},
          {class Hepaticopsida}, {class Hepaticae}]