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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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