1. small flowerless plants that grow in moist places and reproduce by spores, belonging to the division Marchantiophyta
Usage: botanical

Examples

• Liverworts can be found growing on damp rocks near the waterfall.
• The biology student collected samples of liverworts for her plant classification project.
• Liverworts are among the earliest land plants to have evolved.
• The forest floor was covered with a carpet of mosses and liverworts.
• Unlike flowering plants, liverworts reproduce through spores rather than seeds.
• The greenhouse maintained a special section for studying liverworts and other bryophytes.