elater

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim That which elates.
2. isim Elasticity; especially the expansibility of a gas.
3. isim 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[…]”

4. isim Any of the long, slender hygroscopic appendages attached to the spores of horsetails (genus Equisetum).
5. isim An elaterid, or click beetle.