Meanings
nounleafy liverwort (plural leafy liverworts)
plural leafy liverworts
- Any of numerous species of liverwort plant belonging to the order Jungermanniales.
[…]the inner layer (of nearly equally large cells) lacks the regular semiannular or annular thickenings of most other leafy liverworts[…]
1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 6
Synonyms & antonyms
nounmoss-like liverwort with tiny scalelike leaves; usually epiphytic
Similar
scale moss
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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