liverwort
A type of bryophyte with a leafy stem or leafless thallus characterized by a dominant…A type of bryophyte 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.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A type of bryophyte 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.
Lebermoos
печёночникpečónočnik
(countable, uncountable)A common flowering perennial herb of northern woodlands, Hepatica nobilis (syn. Anemone hepatica), used in traditional European herbal medicine.
Near-synonym: liverweed
- 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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Origin
From Middle English lyverwort, liverwort, from Old English liferwyrt, equivalent to liverFrom Middle English lyverwort, liverwort, from Old English liferwyrt, equivalent to liver + wort, from the belief that some species looked like livers and were useful for treating the liver medicinally.
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Forms
plural: liverworts| Singular | liverwort |
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