elater

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Definition von elater im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: Elasticity; especially the expansibility of a gas. in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911; 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.; Long, slender hygroscopic appendages attached to the spores of horsetails (genus Equisetum); {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; An elastic spiral filament for dispersing the spores, as in some liverworts; any of various widely distributed beetles; The caudal spring used by Podura and related insects for leaping; 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; It is extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance, which is a violent purgative; One who, or that which, elates; 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