English words for 'a common liverwort'
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noun
- a common liverwort
- any of several plants of the genus Hepatica having three-lobed leaves and white or pinkish flowers in early spring; of moist and mossy subalpine woodland areas of north temperate regions
- Any of the herbaceous plants in the genus Hepatica of the buttercup family, notably the common hepatica.
noun
adj
adj
noun
- A low grade of wool.
- Outward markings, fittings or appearance
- (historical) The rental of horses or carriages; the rental of canoes; the care and/or boarding of horses for money.
- An allowance of food; a ration, as given out to a family, to servants, to horses, etc.
- (historical) A stable that keeps horses or carriages for rental.
- The paint scheme of a vehicle or fleet of vehicles.
- (US) A taxicab or limousine.
- (law) The writ by which property is obtained.
- Release from wardship; deliverance.
- Any distinctive identifying uniform worn by a group, such as the uniform worn by chauffeurs and male servants.
- The whole body of liverymen, members of livery companies.
- (law) The delivery of property from one owner to the next.
- the care (feeding and stabling) of horses for pay
- uniform worn by some menservants and chauffeurs
- the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another
noun
- liverworts with slender hornlike capsules
- any aquatic plant of the genus Ceratophyllum; forms submerged masses in ponds and slow-flowing streams
- An aquatic flowering plant in the genus Ceratophyllum
- Vernal grasses (Anthoxanthum spp.).
- A bryophyte, of phylum Anthocerotophyta, with a leafless thallus characterized by a dominant gametophyte stage of the life cycle and a sporophyte stage shaped like a horn.
noun
- Liverleaf (Anemone hepatica, liverwort)
- such as the edible dollarweed (Hydrocotyle umbellata)
- Any aquatic or semi-aquatic plant in the genus Hydrocotyle (water pennywort, Indian pennywort, marsh penny, thick-leaved pennywort, and white rot).
- (in Asia) An edible Asiatic pennywort (Centella asiatica)
- Ivy-leaved toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis)
- Any of species Cymbalaria aequitriloba, a plant with tiny ivy-like leaves and copious purple-pink flowers with yellow throats.
- Virginia pennywort (Obolaria virginica)
- (in Europe) Any of species Umbilicus rupestris of succulent, perennial flowering plants (penny-pies, wall pennywort, kidney wort, navelwort) in the stonecrop family (Crassulaceae).
noun
- (countable) An individual liver of this kind.
- (pathology, uncountable) The abnormal retention of triglycerides within the vacuoles of the liver.
- yellow discoloration as a result of the accumulation of certain fats (triglycerides) in the liver; can be caused by alcoholic cirrhosis or pregnancy or exposure to certain toxins
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noun
noun
- liver of an animal used as meat
- large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin A; detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes
- someone who lives in a place
- a person who has a special life style
- Someone who is alive: one of the living.
- (countable, uncountable) This organ, as taken from animals used as food.
- Someone who lives in a particular place; an inhabitant, a dweller.
- (anatomy) A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions.
- (uncommon) Someone who lives (usually in a specified way).
- A dark brown colour, tinted with red and gray, like the colour of liver.
adj
noun
- (Australia, New Zealand, cooking) The liver of a lamb.
- (now chiefly UK dialectal) Offspring; progeny; children; brood.
- (usually in the plural, fries, US, cooking) A lamb or calf testicle.
- A kind of sieve.
- (Ireland, British, cooking) A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc.
- A drain, usually made of brushwood.
- (UK dialectal) The spawn of frogs.
- Young fish; fishlings.
- (usually in the plural, fries, chiefly Canada and US, cooking) A fried piece of cut potato.
- a young person of either sex
verb
- (intransitive, colloquial) To suffer because of too much heat.
- To make laugh thoroughly.
- (transitive) To cook (something) in hot fat.
- (transitive, dialectal) To make a brushwood drain.
- (intransitive) To cook in hot fat.
- (transitive, informal) To destroy (something, usually electronic), often with excessive heat, voltage, or current.
- (chiefly US, ambitransitive, slang) To execute, or be executed, by the electric chair.
- be excessively hot
- cook in hot fat or oil
- kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair
noun
- usually used in combination: ‘liverwort’, ‘milkwort’, ‘whorlywort’
- unfermented or fermenting malt
- (specifically, historical) Chiefly in the plural: a plant of the genus Brassica used as a vegetable; a brassica; especially, a cabbage (Brassica oleracea).
- (brewing, distilling) Also worts: a liquid extracted from mash (ground malt or some other grain soaked in hot water), which is then fermented to make beer, or fermented and distilled to make a malt liquor such as whisky.
- (by extension, botany) A non-vascular plant growing on land from the division Anthocerotophyta (the hornworts) or Marchantiophyta (liverworts); an anthocerotophyte or marchantiophyte.
noun
- a common liverwort
- any of several plants of the genus Hepatica having three-lobed leaves and white or pinkish flowers in early spring; of moist and mossy subalpine woodland areas of north temperate regions
- Any of the herbaceous plants in the genus Hepatica of the buttercup family, notably the common hepatica.
noun
adj
noun
- liverworts with slender hornlike capsules
- any aquatic plant of the genus Ceratophyllum; forms submerged masses in ponds and slow-flowing streams
- An aquatic flowering plant in the genus Ceratophyllum
- Vernal grasses (Anthoxanthum spp.).
- A bryophyte, of phylum Anthocerotophyta, with a leafless thallus characterized by a dominant gametophyte stage of the life cycle and a sporophyte stage shaped like a horn.
noun
- Liverleaf (Anemone hepatica, liverwort)
- such as the edible dollarweed (Hydrocotyle umbellata)
- Any aquatic or semi-aquatic plant in the genus Hydrocotyle (water pennywort, Indian pennywort, marsh penny, thick-leaved pennywort, and white rot).
- (in Asia) An edible Asiatic pennywort (Centella asiatica)
- Ivy-leaved toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis)
- Any of species Cymbalaria aequitriloba, a plant with tiny ivy-like leaves and copious purple-pink flowers with yellow throats.
- Virginia pennywort (Obolaria virginica)
- (in Europe) Any of species Umbilicus rupestris of succulent, perennial flowering plants (penny-pies, wall pennywort, kidney wort, navelwort) in the stonecrop family (Crassulaceae).
noun
- (countable) An individual liver of this kind.
- (pathology, uncountable) The abnormal retention of triglycerides within the vacuoles of the liver.
- yellow discoloration as a result of the accumulation of certain fats (triglycerides) in the liver; can be caused by alcoholic cirrhosis or pregnancy or exposure to certain toxins
noun
noun
- liver of an animal used as meat
- large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin A; detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes
- someone who lives in a place
- a person who has a special life style
- Someone who is alive: one of the living.
- (countable, uncountable) This organ, as taken from animals used as food.
- Someone who lives in a particular place; an inhabitant, a dweller.
- (anatomy) A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions.
- (uncommon) Someone who lives (usually in a specified way).
- A dark brown colour, tinted with red and gray, like the colour of liver.
adj
noun
- (Australia, New Zealand, cooking) The liver of a lamb.
- (now chiefly UK dialectal) Offspring; progeny; children; brood.
- (usually in the plural, fries, US, cooking) A lamb or calf testicle.
- A kind of sieve.
- (Ireland, British, cooking) A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc.
- A drain, usually made of brushwood.
- (UK dialectal) The spawn of frogs.
- Young fish; fishlings.
- (usually in the plural, fries, chiefly Canada and US, cooking) A fried piece of cut potato.
- a young person of either sex
verb
- (intransitive, colloquial) To suffer because of too much heat.
- To make laugh thoroughly.
- (transitive) To cook (something) in hot fat.
- (transitive, dialectal) To make a brushwood drain.
- (intransitive) To cook in hot fat.
- (transitive, informal) To destroy (something, usually electronic), often with excessive heat, voltage, or current.
- (chiefly US, ambitransitive, slang) To execute, or be executed, by the electric chair.
- be excessively hot
- cook in hot fat or oil
- kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair
noun
- usually used in combination: ‘liverwort’, ‘milkwort’, ‘whorlywort’
- unfermented or fermenting malt
- (specifically, historical) Chiefly in the plural: a plant of the genus Brassica used as a vegetable; a brassica; especially, a cabbage (Brassica oleracea).
- (brewing, distilling) Also worts: a liquid extracted from mash (ground malt or some other grain soaked in hot water), which is then fermented to make beer, or fermented and distilled to make a malt liquor such as whisky.
- (by extension, botany) A non-vascular plant growing on land from the division Anthocerotophyta (the hornworts) or Marchantiophyta (liverworts); an anthocerotophyte or marchantiophyte.
adj
noun
- A low grade of wool.
- Outward markings, fittings or appearance
- (historical) The rental of horses or carriages; the rental of canoes; the care and/or boarding of horses for money.
- An allowance of food; a ration, as given out to a family, to servants, to horses, etc.
- (historical) A stable that keeps horses or carriages for rental.
- The paint scheme of a vehicle or fleet of vehicles.
- (US) A taxicab or limousine.
- (law) The writ by which property is obtained.
- Release from wardship; deliverance.
- Any distinctive identifying uniform worn by a group, such as the uniform worn by chauffeurs and male servants.
- The whole body of liverymen, members of livery companies.
- (law) The delivery of property from one owner to the next.
- the care (feeding and stabling) of horses for pay
- uniform worn by some menservants and chauffeurs
- the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another
noun
adj
noun
- liver of an animal used as meat
- large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin A; detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes
- someone who lives in a place
- a person who has a special life style
- Someone who is alive: one of the living.
- (countable, uncountable) This organ, as taken from animals used as food.
- Someone who lives in a particular place; an inhabitant, a dweller.
- (anatomy) A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions.
- (uncommon) Someone who lives (usually in a specified way).
- A dark brown colour, tinted with red and gray, like the colour of liver.