leafy liverwort

English

Scapania umbrosa, a species of leafy liverwort

Noun

leafy liverwort (plural leafy liverworts)

1. Any of numerous species of liverwort plant belonging to the order Jungermanniales.
   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 6:

     […] the inner layer (of nearly equally large cells) lacks the regular semiannular or annular thickenings of most other leafy liverworts […]