/seuh spen"seuhr/ , n.
1. a suspensory ligament, bandage, etc.
2. Bot. 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.
[ 1740-50; suspensor, equiv. to suspend-, s. of suspendere to SUSPEND + -tor -TOR, with dt > s ]