Liverwort
Pronunciation : Liv"er*wort`
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 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.
Note: From this plant many others of the same order (Hepatic?) have been vaguely called liverworts, esp. those of the tribe Marchantiace?. See Illust. of Hepatica.
(Bot.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913