HAPTERON

Noun

hapteron (plural haptera or hapterons)

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

Hypernym: holdfast

Anagrams

• partheno-

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

8 November 2024

REPLACEMENT

(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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