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conceptacle |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Conceptacle \Con*cep"ta*cle\, n. [L. conceptaculum fr concipere to receive. See {Conceive}.] 1. That in which anything is contained; a vessel; a receiver or receptacle. [Obs.] --Woodward. 2. (Bot.) a A pericarp, opening longitudinally on one side and having the seeds loose in it a follicle; a double follicle or pair of follicles. b One of the cases containing the spores, etc., of flowerless plants, especially of algae.
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