Associations to the word «Elater»

Wiktionary

ELATER, noun. That which elates.
ELATER, noun. (obsolete) Elasticity; especially the expansibility of a gas.
ELATER, noun. (botany) A long, slender cell produced among spores and having hygroscopic secondary cell wall thickenings.
ELATER, noun. (botany) Any of the long, slender hygroscopic appendages attached to the spores of horsetails (genus Equisetum).
ELATER, noun. (zoology) An elaterid, or click beetle.

Dictionary definition

ELATER, noun. Any of various widely distributed beetles.

Wise words

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Leo Tolstoy