• Seta

    Origin

    From Latin seta, from saeta.

    Full definition of seta

    Noun

    seta

    (plural setas or setae)
    1. A bristle or hair
    2. (botany) The stalk of a moss sporangium, or occasionally in a liverwort.
      • Schuster Hepaticae V|6The latter has the sporophyte seta 4 cells in diam. and has thecal Lejeunea-type androecial branches...
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