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Etymology
From liver + OE. wort "plant", from the belief that some species looked like livers and were useful for treating the liver medicinally.
Pronunciation
italbrac|RP IPA|/�lɪv.�.w��t/
italbrac|US IPA|/�lɪv.�.w��t/|/�lɪv.�.w��rt/
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Noun
en-noun
- A bryophyte with a leafy stem or leafless thallus characterized by a dominant gametophyte stage and a lack of stomata on the sporophyte stage of the life cycle.
Quotations
1929 � Shiv Ram Kashyap, Liverworts of the Western Himalayas and the Panjab Plain, vol. I, p. 1.
:The liverworts are either thallose, without any differentiation into stem and leaves, or leafy.
1985 � W. B. Schofield, Introduction to Bryology, p. 135
:Since the thallus of some liverworts resembled a liver, such plants were considered useful in making a concoction that would aid in curing liver ailments. Hence the name "liver-plant," or liverwort. Unfortunately, there is no evidence that liverworts possess curative properties.
2000 � Barbara Crandall-Stotler & Raymond E. Stotler, "Morphology and classification of the Marchantiophyta". pages 21-70 in A. Jonathan Shaw & Bernard Goffinet (Eds.), Bryophyte Biology, page 21.
:Like other bryophytes, liverworts are small, herbaceous plants of terrestrial ecosystems.
Synonyms
hepatic
Translations
Afrikaans: lewermos
Chinese: ��
Dutch: levermos
German: Lebermoos n
Esperanto: hepatiko
Finnish: maksasammal
French: hépatique m
Hungarian: májmoha
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Japanese: ����
Portuguese: hepática f
Spanish: hepática f
Swedish: levermossa c
See also
Marchantiophyta
Category:Botany
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