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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

liverwort any plant of the class Marchantiopsida. Mosses and liverworts together comprise the division Bryophyta , primitive green land plants (see moss ; plant ); 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 hepatica is frequently called liverwort. Liverworts are classified in the division Bryophyta, class Marchantiopsida.

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liverwort

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

liv·er·wort / ˈlivərˌwərt; -ˌwôrt/ • n. a small flowerless green plant (class Hepaticae) with leaflike stems or lobed leaves, occurring in moist habitats. Liverworts lack true roots and reproduce by means of spores released from capsules.

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World Encyclopedia | 2005 | Copyright

liverwort Any of c.9000 species of tiny, non-flowering green plants, which, like the related mosses, lack specialized tissues for transporting water, food and minerals within the plant body. Liverworts belong to the plant phylum Bryophyta. See also moss

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A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | | Copyright

liverwort (hepatica) The common name for a plant belonging to the class Hepaticae.

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liverwort

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

liverwort •advert, alert, animadvert, assert, avert, Bert, blurt, Burt, cert, chert, concert, controvert, convert, curt, desert, dessert, dirt, divert, exert, flirt, girt, hurt, inert, insert, introvert, Kurt, malapert, overt, pert, pervert, quirt, shirt, skirt, spirt, spurt, squirt, Sturt, subvert, vert, wort, yurt •Engelbert • Colbert • sweatshirt •nightshirt • pay dirt • Frankfurt •miniskirt • underskirt • expert •Blackshirt • redshirt • T-shirt •Brownshirt • undershirt • extrovert •ragwort • milkwort • pillwort •nipplewort • lungwort • bladderwort •liverwort

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