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elater
Elasticity; especially the expansibility of a gas. in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
elater
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.

elater
Long, slender hygroscopic appendages attached to the spores of horsetails (genus Equisetum)
elater
{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
elater
An elastic spiral filament for dispersing the spores, as in some liverworts
elater
any of various widely distributed beetles
elater
The caudal spring used by Podura and related insects for leaping
elater
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
elater
It is extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance, which is a violent purgative
elater
One who, or that which, elates
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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