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suspensor
[ suh-spen-ser ]
/ səˈspɛn sər /
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noun
a suspensory ligament, bandage, etc.
Botany. a cellular structure, developed along with the embryo in seed-bearing plants, that bears the embryo at its apex and by elongation carries the embryo to its food source.
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How to use suspensor in a sentence
The embryo e, with its suspensor, is contained in the sac, the radicle pointing to the micropyle m.
The first root and the stem arise from the cells next the suspensor.
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany|Douglas Houghton Campbell
British Dictionary definitions for suspensor
suspensor
/ (səˈspɛnsə) /
noun
another name for suspensory (def. 1)
botany (in a seed) a row of cells attached to the embryo plant, by means of which it is pushed into the endosperm
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