About The Word Liverwort
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Liverwort
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What's The Definition Of Liverwort?
[n] any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses
Synonyms | Synonyms for Liverwort: Related Terms | Find terms related to Liverwort: See Also | bryophyte | class Hepaticae | class Hepaticopsida | hepatica | Hepaticae | Hepaticopsida | hornwort | leafy liverwort | Marchantia polymorpha | nonvascular plant | scale moss Liverwort In Webster's Dictionary \Liv"er*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
1. A ranunculaceous plant ({Anemone Hepatica}) with pretty
white or bluish flowers and a three-lobed leaf; -- called
also {squirrel cups}.
2. A flowerless plant ({Marchantia polymorpha}), having an
irregularly lobed, spreading, and forking frond.
Note: From this plant many others of the same order
({Hepatic[ae]}) have been vaguely called liverworts,
esp. those of the tribe {Marchantiace[ae]}. See Illust.
of {Hepatica}.
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