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elater definition

ela·ter (el′ə tər)

noun

  1. an elastic filament that scatters the ripe spores, found in certain plants, as in the capsule of a liverwort
  2. click beetle

Etymology: ModL < Gr elatēr, driver < elaunein: see elastic

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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