In early use: the plant Marchantia polymorpha, which has lobed, liver-shaped leaves, and was thought to be effective against liver disorders. In…

The old name in the herbalists for Common Liverwort, Marchantia polymorpha, a lichen-like plant which creeps over wet rocks and damp ground…

= liverwort, n.; the lichens and liverworts having formerly been included in the same group.

(In form Marchantia) a genus of liverworts; (also marchantia) a liverwort of this genus, esp. M. polymorpha, one of the most representative…

Botany. Usually in plural = hepatica, n.