The liverworts are either thallose, without any differentiation into stem and leaves, or leafy.
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Liverwort
//ˈlɪv.ə.wɜːt//
Synonyms for "liverwort" (39 found)
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27 translations across 23 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- lewermos noun (bryophyte)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- λειχήν noun (bryophyte)
Catalan
1 entries- hepàtica noun (bryophyte)
Czech
1 entries- játrovka noun (bryophyte)
Dutch
1 entries- levermos noun (bryophyte)
Esperanto
1 entries- hepatiko noun (bryophyte)
Finnish
1 entries- maksasammal noun (bryophyte)
French
1 entries- hépatique noun (bryophyte)
Galician
2 entries- escamenta noun (bryophyte)
- folla das pedras noun (bryophyte)
German
1 entries- Lebermoos noun (bryophyte)
Hungarian
1 entries- májmoha noun (bryophyte)
Irish
1 entries- aelus noun (bryophyte)
Italian
3 entries- epatica noun (bryophyte)
- erba trinità noun (bryophyte)
- fegatella noun (bryophyte)
Japanese
1 entries- 苔植物門 noun (bryophyte)
Manx
1 entries- aane ushtey noun (bryophyte)
Norwegian
1 entries- levermose noun (bryophyte)
Polish
1 entries- wątrobowiec noun (bryophyte)
Portuguese
1 entries- hepática noun (bryophyte)
Romanian
1 entries- crucea-voinicului noun (bryophyte)
Russian
1 entries- печёночник noun (bryophyte)
Spanish
1 entries- hepática noun (bryophyte)
Swedish
1 entries- levermossa noun (bryophyte)
Welsh
2 entries- afuad noun (bryophyte)
- llysiau'r afu noun (bryophyte)
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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.
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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.
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