haptera

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A form of hapteron — A branched swelling at the base of an aquatic plant (such as an alga) that it uses to fix itself in place

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of hapteron

    The kelp specimen uses its haptera to anchor itself to the rocks.

    1 more example

    By means of these haptera not only different individuals become united together but instances are given by Sernander in which Cetraria islandica, normally a ground lichen had become epiphytic by attaching itself in this way to the trunk of a tree (Pinus sylvestris).

    1921, Annie Lorrain Smith, Lichens, University press, page 94

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Ephratapharate
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APA

haptera. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haptera

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“haptera.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haptera. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “haptera,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haptera.

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