Elater

/ɪˈleɪ.tə/

Synonyms for "elater" (5 found)

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Closest matches (1)

Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
elaterid beetlehygroscopic cell

Related words (2)

Noun(2 words)
spore dispersal cellspore releasing cell

Related word relations

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4 relation types

More general

3 entries
beetlecellplant structure

More specific

2 entries
spiral elatertwisting elater

Collocations

6 entries
elater cellshumidity changeshygroscopic movementliverwort elatersmoss elatersspore dispersal

Inflections

1 entries

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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[…]

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