Main Entry: el·a·ter

Pronunciation: \ˈe-lə-tər\

Function: noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek elatēr driver, from elaunein to drive

Date: 1830

: a plant structure functioning in the dispersal of spores: as a : one of the elongated filaments among the spores in the capsule of a liverwort b : one of the filamentous appendages of the spores in the horsetails