liverwort

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

hepatic

common hepatica

hepatica

stonecrop

Hepatica

liverleaf

kidneywort

sedum

Translations

hépatique

hepática

hepática

Leberblümchen

levermos

Lebermoos

leverbloempje

kızılyaprak

Marchantiophyta

hepáticas

ليفروورت - نوع من الحشائش

koyunotu

fetgera

ηπατήτις

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlɪv.ə.wɜːt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: lyverwort

Inherited from Old English: 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.