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®

hepatica
     n 1: 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}]
     2: a common liverwort [syn: {Marchantia polymorpha}]