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elater

noun
/ɪˈleɪ.tə/UK/əˈleɪ.tɚ/US/ˈɛl.ə.tə/UK/ˈɛl.ə.tɚ/US

Etymology

From New Latin elatēr, from Ancient Greek ἐλατήρ (elatḗr, “driver, that which drives away”).

  1. derived from ἐλατήρ
  2. borrowed from elatēr

Definitions

  1. That which elates.

  2. Elasticity

    Elasticity; especially the expansibility of a gas.

  3. A long, slender cell produced among spores and having hygroscopic secondary cell wall…

    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. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Any of the long, slender hygroscopic appendages attached to the spores of horsetails…

      Any of the long, slender hygroscopic appendages attached to the spores of horsetails (genus Equisetum).

    2. An elaterid, or click beetle.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for elater. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA