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LIVERWORT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses
Synonyms:
hepatic; liverwort
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("liverwort" is a kind of...):
bryophyte; nonvascular plant (any of numerous plants of the division Bryophyta)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "liverwort"):
hornwort (liverworts with slender hornlike capsules)
leafy liverwort; scale moss (moss-like liverwort with tiny scalelike leaves; usually epiphytic)
hepatica; Marchantia polymorpha (a common liverwort)
Holonyms ("liverwort" is a member of...):
class Hepaticae; class Hepaticopsida; Hepaticae; Hepaticopsida (liverworts: comprises orders Anthocerotales; Jungermanniales; Marchantiales; Sphaerocarpales)
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