elater
noun
- an elastic filament that scatters the ripe spores, found in certain plants, as in the capsule of a liverwort
- click beetle
See elater in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(ĕlˈə-tər)
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.
Learn more about elater
link/cite
print
suggestion box