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.
{i} type of beetle (Zoology); elastic structure of certain plants that helps in dispersing spores (Botany); elasticity (Archaic); person who elates, person who puts in high spirits; something that elates
Any beetle of the family Elateridæ, having the habit, when laid on the back, of giving a sudden upward spring, by a quick movement of the articulation between the abdomen and thorax; called also click beetle, spring beetle, and snapping beetle
The active principle of elaterium, being found in the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly Motordica Elaterium) and other related species