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Noun: liverwort  'li-vu(r),wurt
  1. Any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses
    "Liverworts often grow alongside mosses in damp, shaded areas";
    - hepatic

Derived forms: liverworts

Type of: bryophyte, nonvascular plant

Part of: class Hepaticae, class Hepaticopsida, Hepaticae, Hepaticopsida

Encyclopedia: Liverwort