liverwort

Noun

any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses
A type of bryophyte with a leafy stem or leafless thallus characterized by a dominant gametophyte stage and a lack of stomata on the sporophyte stage of the life cycle.
A common flowering perennial herb of northern woodlands, Hepatica nobilis (syn. Anemone hepatica), used in traditional European herbal medicine.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English lyverwort, liverwort, from Old English liferwyrt, equivalent to liver + wort, from the belief that some species looked like livers and were useful for treating the liver medicinally.

Synonyms

hepatic, Clevea, liverleaf

Scrabble Score: 15

liverwort: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
liverwort: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
liverwort: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

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