- Hepaticae
- nounliverworts: comprises orders Anthocerotales; Jungermanniales; Marchantiales; Sphaerocarpales• Syn: ↑Hepaticopsida, ↑class Hepaticopsida, ↑class Hepaticae• Hypernyms: ↑class• Member Holonyms: ↑Bryophyta, ↑division Bryophyta• Member Meronyms:↑liverwort, ↑hepatic, ↑Jungermanniales, ↑order Jungermanniales, ↑Marchantiales, ↑order Marchantiales, ↑Sphaerocarpales, ↑order Sphaerocarpales
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\\]əˌsē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalizedEtymology: New Latin, from Medieval Latin hepaticae, plural of hepatica liverwort: a class of Bryophyta comprising the liverworts and being distinguished from Musci by the presence of a usually thalloid gametophyte that is not produced from a protonema, unicellular rhizoids and elaters, and antheridia and archegonia that are borne on the thallus and produce a short-lived and simple sporophyte — compare anthocerotales, jungermanniales, marchantiales, sphaerocarpales
Useful english dictionary. 2012.