elater
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- Scrabble points
- 6
- Words With Friends
- 7
- Letters
- 6
/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
- That which elates.
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noun
- That which elates.
- (obsolete)Elasticity; especially the expansibility of a gas.
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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[…]”
- Any of the long, slender hygroscopic appendages attached to the spores of horsetails (genus Equisetum).
- An elaterid, or click beetle.
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Etymology
From elate + -er.
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