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noun

Liverwort n. (Bot.)

A ranunculaceous plant (Anemone Hepatica) with pretty white or bluish flowers and a three-lobed leaf; called also squirrel cups.

A flowerless plant (Marchantia polymorpha), having an irregularly lobed, spreading, and forking frond. Note: From this plant many others of the same order (Hepaticae) have been vaguely called liverworts, esp. those of the tribe Marchantiaceae.

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Words linked to "Liverwort" : class Hepaticae, bryophyte, hepatic, hepatica, class Hepaticopsida, nonvascular plant, Marchantia polymorpha, scale moss