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Spore vs Elater - What's the difference?

spore | elater |

As nouns the difference between spore and elater

is that spore is spore while elater is that which elates or elater can be (obsolete) elasticity; especially the expansibility of a gas.

spore

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia spore)
  • A reproductive particle, usually a single cell, released by a fungus, alga, or plant that may germinate into another.
  • A thick resistant particle produced by a bacterium or protist to survive in harsh or unfavorable conditions.

    • Related terms

    * aplanospore * ascospore * basidiospore * heterosporous * homosporous * meiospore * sporangium * sporogenesis * sporophyte * zoospore * zygospore

    See also

    * bulb * gemma * pollen * propagule * seed

    Verb

    (spor)
  • To produce spores.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    elater

    English

    (wikipedia elater)

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which elates.

    • Etymology 2

    From

    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.
  • *
    • 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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