liverwort

liv·er·wort

L0209800 (lĭv′ər-wûrt′, -wôrt′)n. Any of numerous small, green, nonvascular plants of the division Marchantiophyta, growing in moist environments and consisting of either a leafy mosslike structure or a flat thallus that is often lobed.

[From its use in treating diseases of the liver.]

liverwort

(ˈlɪvəˌwɜːt) n (Plants) any bryophyte plant of the phylum Hepatophyta, growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses. See also scale moss[late Old English liferwyrt]

liv•er•wort

(ˈlɪv ərˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt)

n. any mosslike bryophyte of the class Hepaticae, growing chiefly on damp surfaces.

liv·er·wort

(lĭv′ər-wûrt′, lĭv′ər-wôrt′) Any of numerous small, green plants that lack vascular tissue and do not bear seeds. Liverworts usually grow in the tropics in moist soil and on damp rocks and tree trunks. They are related to the mosses.

Thesaurus

Noun

liverwort - any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosseshepaticbryophyte, nonvascular plant - any of numerous plants of the division Bryophytahornwort - liverworts with slender hornlike capsulesclass Hepaticae, class Hepaticopsida, Hepaticae, Hepaticopsida - liverworts: comprises orders Anthocerotales; Jungermanniales; Marchantiales; Sphaerocarpalesleafy liverwort, scale moss - moss-like liverwort with tiny scalelike leaves; usually epiphyticMarchantia polymorpha, hepatica - a common liverwort

Translations

liverwort

liverwort,

any plant of the class Marchantiopsida. Mosses and liverworts together comprise the division BryophytaBryophyta
, division of green land plants that includes the mosses (class Bryopsida), the liverworts (Marchantiopsida), and the hornworts (Anthocerotopsida). The liverworts and hornworts are generally inconspicuous plants; common liverworts include species of the genera
..... Click the link for more information. , primitive green land plants (see mossmoss,
any species of the class Bryopsida, in which the liverworts are sometimes included. Mosses and liverworts together comprise the division Bryophyta, the first green land plants to develop in the process of evolution.
..... Click the link for more information. ; plantplant,
any organism of the plant kingdom, as opposed to one of the animal kingdom or of the kingdoms Fungi, Protista, or Monera in the five-kingdom system of classification.
..... Click the link for more information. ); some of the earliest land plants resembled modern liverworts. In contrast to mosses, most liverworts grow prostrate and consist of a flattened, branching (but undifferentiated) green structure, the thallus; other liverworts produce leafy stems, which are flattened and usually prostrate. The ancients believed that liverworts could cure diseases of the liver, hence the name. They are also called hepatics, and the unrelated flowering plant hepaticahepatica
or liverleaf,
any plant of the genus Hepatica of the family Ranunculaceae (buttercup family), low, woodland, spring wildflowers of the north temperate zone, popular for wild gardens.
..... Click the link for more information. is frequently called liverwort. Liverworts are classified in the division Bryophyta, class Marchantiopsida.

liverwort

[′liv·ər‚wȯrt] (botany) The common name for members of the Marchantiatae.

liverwort

any bryophyte plant of the phylum Hepatophyta, growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses

liverwort

Related to liverwort: leafy liverwort

noun

Synonyms for liverwort

noun any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses

Synonyms

hepatic

Related Words

bryophyte
nonvascular plant
hornwort
class Hepaticae
class Hepaticopsida
Hepaticae
Hepaticopsida
leafy liverwort
scale moss
Marchantia polymorpha
hepatica