noun. ['ˈlɪvɝwɝt'] any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses.
1. Noun, singular or mass The Cryptothallus liverwort also lives in symbiosis with a fungus for its food. 2. Adjective Cultural methods that take advantage of how liverwort grows and spreads help to control the weed.