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ALL meanings of liverwort

liv·er·wort
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  • noun liverwort any mosslike plant of the class Hepaticae, growing chiefly on damp ground, rocks, or on tree trunks and helping the decay of logs and the disintegration of rocks. 1
  • noun liverwort A small flowerless green plant with leaflike stems or lobed leaves, occurring in moist habitats. Liverworts lack true roots and reproduce by means of spores released from capsules. 1
  • noun liverwort any bryophyte plant of the phylum Hepatophyta, growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses 0
  • noun liverwort any of two classes (Hepaticopsida and Anthocerotopsida) of bryophytes, often forming dense, green, mosslike mats on logs, rocks, or soil in moist places 0
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