suspensor noun. [sǝ'spɛnsǝ] M18.
[mod. Latin, from Latin suspens-: see SUSPENSION, -OR.]
1. A kind of catheter. Only in M18.

2. Botany. In spermatophytes and certain pteridophytes, the chain of cells which anchors the embryo in the embryo sac and pushes it down into the developing endosperm. M19.

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