səˈspen(t)sə(r) noun
( -s )
Etymology: New Latin, literally, one that suspends, from Latin suspensus + -or
1. : suspensorium
2.
a. : a group or chain of cells that is produced from the zygote of a heterosporous plant and serves to push the embryo which arises at its extremity deeper into the embryo sac and into contact with the food supply of the megaspore
b. : one of the two hyphae in fungi of the order Mucorales that bear gametangia at their tips and later support the zygospore