liverwort

[ liv-er-wurt, -wawrt ]

/ ˈlɪv ərˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt /

noun

any mosslike plant of the class Hepaticae, growing chiefly on damp ground, rocks, or on tree trunks and helping the decay of logs and the disintegration of rocks.

Origin of liverwort

before 1100; Middle English; late Old English liferwyrt.See liver¹, wort²

Words nearby liverwort

liver-rot, liver salts, liver sausage, liver spot, liver spots, liverwort, liverwurst, livery, livery colors, livery company, livery cupboard

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Example sentences from the Web for liverwort

Instead of directly forming a fern-plantlet, the spore grows first into a body which closely resembles a small Liverwort.
The Elements of Botany|Asa Gray
First of the blues comes the fuzzy-stemmed and fuzzy-budded hepatica, which is known also by the ugly name of "liverwort."
Woodcraft|Alan Douglas
Among a number of other plants there turned up a new Liverwort.
Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists|Various
I also fancy the liverwort, which surrounds them, rather helps them than otherwise.
Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers|John Wood

Half-starved children were selling little bunches of liverwort in the streets.
The Confession of a Fool|August Strindberg

British Dictionary definitions for liverwort

liverwort

/ (ˈlɪvəˌwɜːt) /

noun

any bryophyte plant of the phylum Hepatophyta, growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mossesSee also scale moss

Word Origin for liverwort

late Old English liferwyrt

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for liverwort

liverwort

[ lĭv′ər-wûrt′, -wôrt′ ]

Any of numerous small, green nonvascular plants of the division Marchantiophyta. Many liverworts reproduce asexually by means of gemmae. They also reproduce sexually, and their free-swimming sperm, produced in structures called antheridia, require liquid water, such as splashing raindrops, to reach the egg-producing archegonia. After fertilization, the small sporophyte grows directly on or in the gametophyte and is nourished by it. Liverworts are common in the tropics and often grow in moist soil, on damp rocks, and on tree trunks. Some liverworts have leafy bodies, while others have only a simple thallus. The name liverwort comes from the liverlike shape of the thalli of some species. See more at bryophyte.

单词	liverwort
释义	liverwort [ liv-er-wurt, -wawrt ] / ˈlɪv ərˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt / noun any mosslike plant of the class Hepaticae, growing chiefly on damp ground, rocks, or on tree trunks and helping the decay of logs and the disintegration of rocks. Origin of liverwort before 1100; Middle English; late Old English liferwyrt.See liver¹, wort² Words nearby liverwort liver-rot, liver salts, liver sausage, liver spot, liver spots, liverwort, liverwurst, livery, livery colors, livery company, livery cupboard Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for liverwort Instead of directly forming a fern-plantlet, the spore grows first into a body which closely resembles a small Liverwort. The Elements of Botany\|Asa Gray First of the blues comes the fuzzy-stemmed and fuzzy-budded hepatica, which is known also by the ugly name of "liverwort." Woodcraft\|Alan Douglas Among a number of other plants there turned up a new Liverwort. Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists\|Various I also fancy the liverwort, which surrounds them, rather helps them than otherwise. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers\|John Wood Half-starved children were selling little bunches of liverwort in the streets. The Confession of a Fool\|August Strindberg British Dictionary definitions for liverwort liverwort / (ˈlɪvəˌwɜːt) / noun any bryophyte plant of the phylum Hepatophyta, growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mossesSee also scale moss Word Origin for liverwort late Old English liferwyrt Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for liverwort liverwort [ lĭv′ər-wûrt′, -wôrt′ ] Any of numerous small, green nonvascular plants of the division Marchantiophyta. Many liverworts reproduce asexually by means of gemmae. They also reproduce sexually, and their free-swimming sperm, produced in structures called antheridia, require liquid water, such as splashing raindrops, to reach the egg-producing archegonia. After fertilization, the small sporophyte grows directly on or in the gametophyte and is nourished by it. Liverworts are common in the tropics and often grow in moist soil, on damp rocks, and on tree trunks. Some liverworts have leafy bodies, while others have only a simple thallus. The name liverwort comes from the liverlike shape of the thalli of some species. See more at bryophyte. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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