Meaning of LIVERWORT
| Pronunciation: | | 'livur`wurt
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| | Definition: | | [n] any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses |
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| | See Also: | | bryophyte, class Hepaticae, class Hepaticopsida, hepatica, Hepaticae, Hepaticopsida, hornwort, leafy liverwort, Marchantia polymorpha, nonvascular plant, scale moss | |
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| | Definition: | | \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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