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liverwort (iou)



liverwort noun. LOE.
[from LIVER noun1 + WORT noun1, translating medieval Latin hepatica.]
Orig., the thalloid bryophyte Marchantia polymorpha, lobed like the liver. Now, any bryophyte of the class Hepaticae, with a capsule splitting open into four valves and either thalloid or mosslike (foliose) in form. LOE.
= HEPATICA 2. Now US. L16.