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Webster 1913 Edition

Liverwort

Liv′er-wortˊ

,
Noun.
(Bot.)
1.
A ranunculaceous plant (
Anemone Hepatica
) with pretty white or bluish flowers and a three-lobed leaf; – called also
squirrel cups
.
2.
A flowerless plant (
Marchantia polymorpha
), having an irregularly lobed, spreading, and forking frond.
☞ From this plant many others of the same order (
Hepaticæ
) have been vaguely called liverworts, esp. those of the tribe
Marchantiaceæ
. See Illust. of
Hepatica
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Liverwort

LIV'ERWORT

,
Noun.
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 seeds are contained in a distinct capsule. The noble liverwort is the Anemone hepatica.

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