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"Elater" Definition

noun

An elaterid beetle.
Botany A tiny elongated structure that forces the dispersal of spores by the absorption of moisture. It is either a band attached to the spore, as in horsetails, or a filament occurring among the spores, as in liverworts.
One of the filamentous appendages of the spores in the horsetails .
One of the elongated filaments among the spores in the capsule of a liverwort.
a plant structure functioning in the dispersal of spores as.