Liverwort \Liv"er*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
1. A ranunculaceous plant ({Anemone Hepatica}) with pretty
white or bluish flowers and a three-lobed leaf; -- called
also {squirrel cups}.
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2. A flowerless plant ({Marchantia polymorpha}), having an
irregularly lobed, spreading, and forking frond.
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Note: From this plant many others of the same order
({Hepatic[ae]}) have been vaguely called liverworts,
esp. those of the tribe {Marchantiace[ae]}. See Illust.
of {Hepatica}.
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