Definition of Liverwort

1. Noun. Any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses.


Definition of Liverwort

1. n. A ranunculaceous plant (Anemone Hepatica) with pretty white or bluish flowers and a three-lobed leaf; -- called also squirrel cups.

Definition of Liverwort

1. Noun. A bryophyte (includes mosses, liverworts, and hornworts) with a leafy stem or leafless thallus characterized by a dominant gametophyte stage and a lack of stomata on the sporophyte stage of the life cycle. ¹

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Definition of Liverwort

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Medical Definition of Liverwort

1. 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. From this plant many others of the same order (Hepaticae) have been vaguely called liverworts, especially. Those of the tribe Marchantiaceae. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Liverwort

liveried
liveries
livering
liverings
liverish
liverishness
liverishnesses
liverleaf
liverleafs
liverleaves
liverless
liverlike
livermorium
livers
liversidgeite
liverwort (current term)
liverworts
liverwurst
liverwursts
livery
livery companies
livery company
livery driver
livery stable
liverying
liveryman
liverymen
lives
lives down
lives up

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