Meaning of Elater | Babel Free

Definitions

1. That which elates.
2. Elasticity; especially the expansibility of a gas.
   obsolete
3. A long, slender cell produced among spores and having hygroscopic secondary cell wall thickenings.
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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Examples

“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[…]”

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