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elater

English

(wikipedia elater)

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • That which elates.
  • Etymology 2

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Elasticity; especially the expansibility of a gas.
  • (botany) A long, slender cell produced among spores and having hygroscopic secondary cell wall thickenings.
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  • The closest affinities of the Jubulaceae are with the Lejeuneaceae. The two families share in common: (a ) elaters usually 1-spiral, trumpet-shaped and fixed to the capsule valves, distally
  • (botany) Any of the long, slender hygroscopic appendages attached to the spores of horsetails (genus Equisetum ).
  • (zoology) An elaterid, or click beetle.
  • Derived terms
    * pseudoelater

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    psuedoelaters

    Not English

    Psuedoelaters has no English definition. It may be misspelled.