HAPTERON


Meaning of HAPTERON in English

ˈhaptəˌrän noun

( plural hap·tera -tərə)

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek haptein to fasten

: a discoid outgrowth or swelling of the stem by which a plant is fixed to its substratum (as in many rock-inhabiting seaweeds) : holdfast

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