any bryophyte plant of the phylum Hepatophyta, growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses
See also scale moss
Word origin
late Old English liferwyrt
liverwort in American English
(ˈlɪvərˌwɜrt)
noun
any of two classes (Hepaticopsida and Anthocerotopsida) of bryophytes, often forming dense, green, mosslikemats on logs, rocks, or soil in moist places
Word origin
ME: see liver1 & wort2: so called from having liver-shaped parts