Liverwort : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Liverwort	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Liverwort
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
liverwort n any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses Synonym(s): liverwort, hepatic
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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[91]}) have been vaguely called liverworts, esp. those of the tribe {Marchantiace[91]}. See Illust. of {Hepatica}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Hepatica \[d8]Hepat"ica\, n.; pl. {Hepatic[91]}. [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[91]; -- called also {scale moss} and {liverwort}. See {Hepatic[91]}, in the Supplement.