liverwort
noun
liv·er·wort
ˈli-vər-ˌwərt 
-ˌwȯrt
1
: any of a class (Hepaticae) of bryophytic plants characterized by a thalloid gametophyte or sometimes an upright leafy gametophyte that resembles a moss
2
: hepatica
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Early plants like mosses and liverworts emerged around 470 million years ago during the Ordovician Period.
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Along with their cousins liverworts and hornworts, they are known as bryophytes.
—Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 28 Feb. 2023
Now, a new study of the mosses and liverworts found inside his body and near his corpse are telling us even more about this Copper Age man’s final days.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 1 Nov. 2019
Researchers from the University of Glasgow and the University of Innsbruck recovered at least 75 species of bryophytes, non-vascular plants such as mosses and liverworts, that had been preserved in ice with Otzi.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 31 Oct. 2019
Bryophytes such as mosses and liverworts can only be studied in exceptional scenarios of preservation, such as an anaerobic bog or, in Ötzi's case, a frozen mountain pass.
—Megan Gannon, National Geographic, 30 Oct. 2019
Only about five percent nonvascular plants like liverworts and mosses are represented in the gardens.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 27 Sep. 2017
Oishi said humid cities where moss thrives could benefit most from using bryophytes – a collective term for mosses, hornworts and liverworts – as bioindicators, adding moss could be monitored in its natural environment or cultivated for analysis.
—Sophie Hares, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Aug. 2017
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Along with their cousins liverworts and hornworts, they are known as bryophytes.
—Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 28 Feb. 2023
Now, a new study of the mosses and liverworts found inside his body and near his corpse are telling us even more about this Copper Age man’s final days.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 1 Nov. 2019
Researchers from the University of Glasgow and the University of Innsbruck recovered at least 75 species of bryophytes, non-vascular plants such as mosses and liverworts, that had been preserved in ice with Otzi.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 31 Oct. 2019
Bryophytes such as mosses and liverworts can only be studied in exceptional scenarios of preservation, such as an anaerobic bog or, in Ötzi's case, a frozen mountain pass.
—Megan Gannon, National Geographic, 30 Oct. 2019
Only about five percent nonvascular plants like liverworts and mosses are represented in the gardens.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 27 Sep. 2017
Oishi said humid cities where moss thrives could benefit most from using bryophytes – a collective term for mosses, hornworts and liverworts – as bioindicators, adding moss could be monitored in its natural environment or cultivated for analysis.
—Sophie Hares, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Aug. 2017
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liverwort
noun
liv·er·wort
ˈliv-ər-ˌwərt
-ˌwȯ(ə)rt
: any of a class of flowerless plants related to and resembling the mosses but differing especially in their reproduction and development
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