elater

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
7
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ɪˈleɪ.tə/
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/ɪˈleɪ.tə/ · /əˈleɪ.tɚ/ · /ˈɛl.ə.tə/ · /ˈɛl.ə.tɚ/

Definition of elater

5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. That which elates.
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noun

  1. That which elates.
  2. (obsolete)Elasticity; especially the expansibility of a gas.
  3. 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[…]”
  4. Any of the long, slender hygroscopic appendages attached to the spores of horsetails (genus Equisetum).
  5. An elaterid, or click beetle.

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Etymology

From elate + -er.

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