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hapteron
hap·ter·on [ háptə ròn ] (plural hap·ter·ons)


noun 
Definition:
 
botany  ( technical )
Same as  holdfast (sense 2)

[Late 19th century. < modern Latin< Greek haptein "fasten"]
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