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noun

Conceptacle n.

That in which anything is contained; a vessel; a receiver or receptacle. (Obs.)

(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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Etymology of 'Conceptacle'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Conceptacle" Quotes from Famous Books

... enlarged ends of some of the branches. In the species here figured, F. vesiculosus, the antheridia and ooegonia are borne on separate plants; but in others, e.g. F. platycarpus, they are both in the same conceptacle. ...

— Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany - For High Schools and Elementary College Courses • Douglas Houghton Campbell