CONCEPTACLE

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

That in which anything is contained; a vessel; a receiver or receptacle. [Obs.] Woodward.

2.
n.

A pericarp, opening longitudinally on one side and having the seeds loose in it; a follicle; a double follicle or pair of follicles.

3.
n.

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