Cryptic crossword clue
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The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word LIVERWORT

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What does LIVERWORT mean?

LIVERWORT noun
  1. A type of bryophyte (includes mosses, liverworts, and hornworts) with a leafy stem or leafless thallus characterized by a dominant gametophyte stage and a lack of stomata on the sporophyte stage of the life cycle.

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