Definition of "hepaticas" [hepaticas]

• Plural form of hepatica. (noun)

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• "And one day, there they would be, the little lavender-blue hepaticas, peeping out from under the fallen leaves."
• "And one day there they would be, all of the little lavender-blue hepaticas peeping out from under the fallen leaves."
• "In addition to the 235 plant species, 85 species of fungi, 74 species of ferns and other cryptogams (pteridophytes, psilophytes and lycopodiophytes) and 128 species of mosses and hepaticas (briophytes) have been identified, this latter group has exceptional diversity."