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sus⋅pen⋅sor

[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.

Origin:
1740–50; < NL suspēnsor, equiv. to suspend-, s. of suspendere to suspend + -tor -tor, with dt > s
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sus·pen·sor   (sə-spěn'sər)   
n.  
  1. Botany A multicellular filamentous structure developed from a zygote in seed-bearing plants and connecting the embryo to the endosperm.

  2. An athletic supporter.


[New Latin suspēnsor, one that suspends, from Latin suspēnsus, past participle of suspendere, to suspend; see suspend.]
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