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suspensor

[ suh-spen-ser ]

noun

  1. a suspensory ligament, bandage, etc.
  2. 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.


suspensor

/ səˈspɛnsə /

noun

  1. another name for suspensory
  2. botany (in a seed) a row of cells attached to the embryo plant, by means of which it is pushed into the endosperm
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of suspensor1

1740–50; < New Latin suspēnsor, equivalent to suspend-, stem of suspendere to suspend + -tor -tor, with dt > s
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Example Sentences

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.

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