Liverwort Definition

lĭvər-wûrt, -wôrt
noun
Any of two classes (Hepaticopsida and Anthocerotopsida) of bryophytes, often forming dense, green, mosslike mats on logs, rocks, or soil in moist places.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
liverwort
Plural:
liverworts

Origin of Liverwort

  • From liver + Old English wort (“plant"), from the belief that some species looked like livers and were useful for treating the liver medicinally.

    From Wiktionary

  • From its use in treating diseases of the liver

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Liverwort Sentence Examples

  • I, End of hydroid of the thalloid Liverwort Blyttia, showing the thick lignified wall penetrated by simple pits.

  • Leveillea jungermanneoides bears a remarkable resemblance to a leafy liverwort.

  • There appears to be no reason to doubt that the sexual generation is homologous with the thallus of a Liverwort, or of such an Alga as Coleochaete.

  • Current status Wilson`s pouchwort is a leafy liverwort found in wooded ravines where there is both constant high humidity and reasonable light levels.

  • In the chromatophores of many Algae and in the Liverwort Anthoceros there are present homogeneous, highly refractive, crystal-like bodies, called pyrenoids or starch-centres, which are composed of proteid substances and surrounded by an envelope of starch-grains.

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Words Starting With

LLILIV

Words Ending With

TRTORT

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Words Starting With L and Ending With T

Starts With L & Ends With TStarts With LI & Ends With TStarts With L & Ends With RT

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With L9 Letter Words Ending With T