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CONCEPTACLE

\kənsˈɛptəkə͡l], \kənsˈɛptəkə‍l], \k_ə_n_s_ˈɛ_p_t_ə_k_əl]\

Definitions of CONCEPTACLE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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One of the cases containing the spores, etc., of flowerless plants, especially of algae.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

In botany, a cavity on the surface of the phallus of a cryptogam, in which spores are produced.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

That in which anything is contained; a receptacle; a follicle.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

That in which anything is contained; in bot., a hollow sac containing a tuft or cluster or spores.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

A depression in the thallus of certain Algae in which the reproductive organs are borne.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

That in which any thing is contained, a vessel.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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