LIV'ERWORT, n. The name of many species of plants. Several of the lichens are so called. The liverworts (Hepaticae) are a natural order of cryptogamian plants whose herbage is generally frondose, and resembling the leafy lichens, but whose See ds are contained in a distinct capsule. The noble liverwort is the Anemone hepatica.
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