The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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