1. A suspensory.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: The cord which suspends the embryo; and which is attached to the radicle in the young state; the proembryo.
SUSPENSORIUM
Sus`pen*so"ri*um, n.; pl. Suspensoria. Etym: [NL.] (Anat.)
Defn: Anything which suspends or holds up a part: especially, the mandibular suspensorium (a series of bones, or of cartilages representing them) which connects the base of the lower jaw with the skull in most vertebrates below mammals.
SUSPENSORY
Sus*pen"so*ry, a.
1. Suspended; hanging; depending.
2. Fitted or serving to suspend; suspending; as, a suspensory muscle. Ray.
3. (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to a suspensorium.