Conceptacle

Con-cep′ta-cle

,

Noun.

[L.

conceptaculum

, fr.

concipere

to receive. See

.]

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.

,

Noun.

[L., See Conceive.]

1.

That in which any thing is contained; a vessel; a receiver, or receptacle.

2.

In botany, a follicle; a pericarp of one valve, opening longitudinally on one side and having the seeds loose in it.

conceptacle ‎(plural conceptacles)

(obsolete) A cavity, especially in the body.
(phycology) A cavity in some marine algae that contains the reproductive organs.