elater
Botanical term for the spiral band or filament in certain plants, such as liverworts, that aids in spore dispersal.
plucking (a stringed instrument)
Archaic term for the action of plucking strings; rarely used in modern Japanese outside historical or poetic contexts.
The sporophyte of liverworts has a structure called an elater.
In old texts, one finds the expression 'the art of plucking strings'.