liverwort

Significado (Inglés)

1. (countable, uncountable) 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.
2. (countable, uncountable) A common flowering perennial herb of northern woodlands, Hepatica nobilis (syn. Anemone hepatica), used in traditional European herbal medicine.

Conceptos

hepática

Sinónimos

hepatic

common hepatica

hepatica

stonecrop

Hepatica

liverleaf

kidneywort

sedum

Traducciones

hépatique

hepática

Leberblümchen

levermos

Lebermoos

leverbloempje

kızılyaprak

Marchantiophyta

hepáticas

ليفروورت - نوع من الحشائش

koyunotu

fetgera

ηπατήτις

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈlɪv.ə.wɜːt/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: lyverwort

Heredado de inglés antiguo: liferwyrt

In summary

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.