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What is the difference between liverwort and wort?

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Liverwort is a derived term of wort.


As nouns the difference between liverwort and wort

is that liverwort is a type of bryophyte (includes mosses]], liverworts, and [[hornwort|hornworts) 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 while wort is a plant; herb; vegetable or wort can be liquid extract from the ground malt and grain soaked in hot water, the mash, as one of the steps in making beer.

liverwort

English

(wikipedia liverwort) (Marchantiophyta)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A type of bryophyte (includes mosses]], liverworts, and [[hornwort, hornworts) 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.
  • * 1929 — Shiv Ram Kashyap, Liverworts of the Western Himalayas and the Panjab Plain , vol. I, p. 1.
    • The liverworts are either thallose, without any differentiation into stem and leaves, or leafy.
  • * 1985 — W. B. Schofield, Introduction to Bryology , p. 135
    • Since the thallus of some liverworts' resembled a liver, such plants were considered useful in making a concoction that would aid in curing liver ailments. Hence the name "liver-plant," or '''liverwort'''. Unfortunately, there is no evidence that ' liverworts possess curative properties.
  • * 2000 — Barbara Crandall-Stotler & Raymond E. Stotler, "Morphology and classification of the Marchantiophyta". pages 21-70 in'' A. Jonathan Shaw & Bernard Goffinet (Eds.), ''Bryophyte Biology , page 21.
    • Like other bryophytes, liverworts are small, herbaceous plants of terrestrial ecosystems.

    Synonyms

    * hepatic * Clevea

    See also

    * Marchantiophyta

    wort

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A plant; herb; vegetable.
  • *:
    • he drinks water, and lives on wort leaves, pulse, like a hogg, or scraps like a dog […].
  • * 1845 , Rev. Jeremy Taylor, Works :
    • It is an excellent pleasure to be able to take pleasure in worts and water, in bread and onions, for then a man can never want pleasure when it is so ready for him, that nature hath spread it over all its provisions.
  • Any of various plants or herbs.
    • Derived terms
    * (vern, adder's wort) * adderwort * (American lungwort) * (asterwort) * awlwort * banewort * barrenwort * (bearwort) * bellwort * birthwort * bishop's wort * bitterwort * bladderwort * blawort * bloodwort * blue navelwort * blue throatwort * blushwort * bogwort * boragewort * bridewort * brimstonewort * brotherwort * brownwort * bruisewort * bugwort * bullock's lungwort * bullwort * burstwort * butterwort * cancerwort * catwort * clown's ringwort * colewort * common ragwort * coralwort * cow's lungwort * crosswort * damewort * danewort * dragonwort * dropwort * (dungwort) * ebony spleenwort * elderwort * (European pillwort) * (fanwort) * felonwort * (feltwort) * felwort * feverwort * figwort * fleawort * (flukewort) * (French lungwort) * frostwort * fumewort * (galewort) * (garlicwort) * (gentianwort) * (German madwort) * (gipsywort) * glasswort * (golden lungwort) * (golden ragwort) * goutwort * (greater spearwort) * gutwort * gypsywort * hammerwort * hartwort * heathwort * hemlock dropwort * hillwort * hogwort * holewort * honewort * honeywort * hoodwort * hornwort * ironwort * kelpwort * kidneywort * knotwort * laserwort * lazarwort * leadwort * lesser spearwort * lichwort * lilywort * liverwort * lousewort * lungwort * lustwort * madderwort * madwort * maidenhair spleenwort * mallowwort * marsh pennywort * marshwort * masterwort * maudlinwort * maywort * meadowwort * milkwort * miterwort * mitrewort * modiwort * moneywort * moonwort * moorwort * motherwort * moudiewort * moudiwort * mountain spiderwort * (mowdiewort) * mudwort * mugwort * (mulewort) * (nailwort) * navelwort * (nettlewort) * nipplewort * (peachwort) * pearlwort * pennywort * pepperwort * (peterwort) * pilewort * pillwort * pipewort * quillwort * quinsywort * rattlewort * ribwort * rosewort * rupturewort * saltwort * sandwort * sawwort * scorpionwort * scurvywort * sea lungwort * sea milkwort * sea ragwort * sea sandwort * sea starwort * setterwort * sicklewort * sleepwort * slipperwort * sneezewort * soapwort * sparrowwort * spearwort * spiderwort * spleenwort * spoonwort * springwort * spurwort * * * * * stabwort * staggerwort * staithwort * standerwort * starwort * staverwort * stinkwort * stitchwort * stonewort * strapwort * sulphurwort * swallowwort * sweetwort * talewort * tetterwort * thoroughwort * throatwort * thrumwort * toothwort * (towerwort) * (tree lungwort) * (trophywort) * (wall pennywort) * wallwort * wartwort * water dropwort * water figwort * water pennywort * (water starwort) * waterwort * (white navelwort) * (white swallowwort) * (willowwort) * woundwort * (yellow starwort) * yellowwort

    See also

    * (projectlink)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) (m), .

    Noun

    (-)
  • Liquid extract from the ground malt and grain soaked in hot water, the mash, as one of the steps in making beer

    • See also

    * (wikipedia)

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