Definition of liverworts Liverworts
/lɪˈvɚwɚts/ - [liverwerts] -
We found 3 definitions of liverworts from 2 different sources.
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What does liverworts mean?
Wiktionary 
- liverworts (Noun)
Plural of liverwort.
Part of speech
🔤- liverworts, noun, plural of liverwort.
WordNet
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| liverwort - any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses | ||
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| bryophyte, nonvascular plant any of numerous plants of the division Bryophyta | ||
| class hepaticae, class hepaticopsida, hepaticae, hepaticopsida liverworts: comprises orders Anthocerotales; Jungermanniales; Marchantiales; Sphaerocarpales | ||
| hornwort liverworts with slender hornlike capsules | ||
| leafy liverwort, scale moss moss-like liverwort with tiny scalelike leaves; usually epiphytic | ||
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Wiktionary
- liverwort (Noun)
A type of bryophyte includes mosses, liverworts, and hornworts with a leafy stem or leafless thallus characterized by a dominant gametophyte stage and a lack of stomata on the sporophyte stage of the life cycle.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- liverwort (n.)
A ranunculaceous plant (Anemone Hepatica) with pretty white or bluish flowers and a three-lobed leaf; -- called also squirrel cups. - liverwort (n.)
A flowerless plant (Marchantia polymorpha), having an irregularly lobed, spreading, and forking frond.
Part of speech
🔤- liverwort, noun, singular of liverworts.
