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Webster 1913 Edition

(rĕsˊĕp-tăk′ū̍-lẽr)

Adj.

[Cf. F.

réceptaculaire

(Bot.)

Pertaining to the receptacle, or growing on it;

as, the

receptacular

chaff or scales in the sunflower

Adj.

In botany, pertaining to the receptacle or growing on it, as the nectary.