hepatica(n = noun.plant) liverleaf - any of several plants of the genus Hepatica having three-lobed leaves and white or pinkish flowers in early spring; of moist and mossy subalpine woodland areas of north temperate regions;
hepatica, n. [NL. See Hepatic. So called in allusion to the shape of the lobed leaves or fronds.].
A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup. [1913 Webster]
Any plant, usually procumbent and mosslike, of the cryptogamous class Hepaticæ; -- called also scale moss and liverwort. See Hepaticæ, in the Supplement. [1913 Webster]