n. [ L. laser the juice of the laserwort. ] (Bot.) Any plant of the umbelliferous genus Laserpitium, of several species (as Laserpitium glabrum, and Laserpitium siler), the root of which yields a resinous substance of a bitter taste. The genus is mostly European. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) 1. A ranunculaceous plant (Anemone Hepatica) with pretty white or bluish flowers and a three-lobed leaf; -- called also squirrel cups. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A flowerless plant (Marchantia polymorpha), having an irregularly lobed, spreading, and forking frond. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ From this plant many others of the same order (Hepaticæ) have been vaguely called liverworts, esp. those of the tribe Marchantiaceæ. See Illust. of Hepatica. [ 1913 Webster ]
(n) any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses, Syn. hepatic
[コケしょくぶつ(コケ植物);こけしょくぶつ(苔植物), koke shokubutsu ( koke shokubutsu ); kokeshokubutsu ( koke shokubutsu )] (n) bryophyte (any of three groups of non-vascular land plants, inc. mosses, hornworts and liverworts)