SUSPENSOR

Noun

suspensor (plural suspensors)

(US) An athletic support; a jockstrap

(biology) The cord which suspends the embryo, and which is attached to the radicle in the young state; the proembryo.

Source: Wiktionary


Sus*pen"sor, n. Etym: [NL.]

1. A suspensory.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: The cord which suspends the embryo; and which is attached to the radicle in the young state; the proembryo.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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