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scale moss

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.

WordNet
scale moss

n. mosslike liverwort with tiny scalelike leaves; usually epiphytic [syn: leafy liverwort]