Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of plants of the class Hepaticœ, and type of the order Marchantiaceœ. M. polymorpha, the common liverwort, is the most widely diffused species. See
liverwort . - noun [lowercase] A plant of this genus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun The type genus of
Marchantiaceae ; liverworts that reproduce asexually by gemmae and have stalked antheridiophores.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun type genus of Marchantiaceae; liverworts that reproduce asexually by gemmae and have stalked antheridiophores
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Examples
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There must be marchantia under the spray of the one, and possibly dittany in the peat of the other.
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Amabel was peevish with weariness; her bundles were sadly in the way, and at every step a cup-moss or marchantia dropped out, and Amabel insisted upon its being picked up.
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Amsterdam, tufts of lycopodium and marchantia have been seen in places where the heat of the soil was far greater: such is the effect of an habitual stimulus on the organs of plants.
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At the island of Amsterdam, tufts of lycopodium and marchantia have been seen in places where the heat of the soil was far greater: such is the effect of an habitual stimulus on the organs of plants.
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