Definition of liverwort. Meaning of liverwort. Synonyms of liverwort

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Definition of liverwort

Liverwort
Liverwort 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.
liverwort
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.

Meaning of liverwort from wikipedia

- division of non-vascular land plants commonly referred to as hepatics or liverworts. Like mosses and hornworts, they have a gametophyte-dominant life cycle...
- Conocephalum coni****, also known as the great scented liverwort or snakeskin liverwort, is a liverwort species in the genus Conocephalum. C. coni**** is part...
- Plagiochasma is a liverwort genus in the family Aytoniaceae. Plagiochasma appendiculatum, Aitonia appendiculata Plagiochasma articulatum Plagiochasma...
- Petalophyllum preissii, the lettuce liverwort, is a species of liverwort that is the type species of the family Petalophyllaceae. It is found in Australia...
- contains three groups of non-vascular land plants (embryophytes): the liverworts, hornworts and mosses. In the strict sense, Bryophyta consists of the...
- Marchantia polymorpha is a species of large thalloid liverwort in the class Marchantiopsida. M. polymorpha is highly variable in appearance and contains...
- Frullania wairua, the spirit liverwort or radar bush liverwort, is a species of liverwort in the order Porellales. It is one of 24 species in the large...
- species of liverwort, a non-vascular land plant, with a broad, holarctic distribution. It is also known as snakeskin liverwort, cat-tongue liverwort, mushroom-headed...
- gemmae is a widespread means of a****ual reproduction in both liverworts and mosses. In liverworts such as Marchantia, the flattened plant body or thallus is...
- Lunularia cruciata, the crescent-cup liverwort, is a liverwort of the order Marchantiales (until recently included in the order Lunulariales), and the...