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liverwort
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
LIVERWORT
n.The name of many species of plants. Several of the lichens are so called. The liverworts (Hepaticae ) are a natural order of cryptogamian plants whose herbage is generally frondose, and resembling the leafy lichens, but whose seeds are contained in a distinct capsule. The noble liverwort is the Anemone hepatica.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
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 (Hepaticæ ) have been vaguely called liverworts, esp. those of the tribe Marchantiaceæ. See Illust. of Hepatica.
New American Oxford Dictionary
liverwort
liv er wort |ˈlivərˌwərt, -ˌwôrt ˈlɪvərwərt | ▶noun a small flowerless green plant with leaflike stems or lobed leaves, occurring in moist habitats. Liverworts lack true roots and reproduce by means of spores released from capsules. [Class Hepaticae, division Bryophyta. ] ORIGIN late Old English, from liver 1 + wort, translating medieval Latin hepatica .
Oxford Dictionary
liverwort
liverwort |ˈlɪvəwəːt | ▶noun a small flowerless green plant with leaf-like stems or lobed leaves, occurring in moist habitats. They lack true roots and reproduce by means of spores released from capsules. ●Class Hepaticae, division Bryophyta. ORIGIN late Old English, from liver 1 + wort, translating medieval Latin hepatica .
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