Sentence examples for suspensor from inspiring English sources

By transverse divisions, the basal cell forms a filament, the suspensor, of up to ten cells, the end cell of which swells to form an absorbing organ.

Except when a suspensor is formed, early cleavages follow no well-defined plan, and the product is an ovoid mass of tissue called the proembryo.

The daughter cell toward the neck forms a short filament of cells, the suspensor; the inner cell gives rise to the other organs of the embryo, the shoot, root, and foot.

The intermediate tiers extend greatly to form a suspensor; each of the four cells at the lower pole may act as the parent cell of an embryo, a condition sometimes referred to as polyembryony.

The daughter cell next to the micropyle (basal cell) produces a suspensor and contributes to the root; the inner (terminal) cell gives rise to the shoot system.

Among dicotyledons, the planes of division of the terminal cell, the form of the suspensor, and the contribution made by the basal cell to the embryo all provide evidence used in determining the embryogenetic plan.

The suspensor forms from the distal cell or cells of the filament.

The hypophysis will give rise to the radicle and the root cap; the cells of the suspensor will degenerate as the embryo matures.

Monocotyledons, flowering plants the seeds of which contain only one cotyledon, share with dicotyledons such as Capsella the main features of early embryogenesis, including the possession of a suspensor and, in most cases, a fairly regular progression of cell divisions to the octant stage.

The great enemy of House Atreides is House Harkonnen, a bunch of sybaritic no-goods who torture people for fun, and whose head, Baron Vladimir, is so obese that he has to use little anti-gravity "suspensors" as he moves around.

Temporary structures concerned with embryo nutrition suspensor and foot may also be produced.