Receptacle

What do we mean by receptacle?

A container that holds items or matter. noun

The expanded tip of a flower stalk or axis that bears the floral parts or the florets of the flower head. noun

A fitting connected to a power supply and equipped to receive a plug. noun

That which receives or holds anything for rest or deposit; a storing-place; a repository; a container; any space, open or closed, that serves for reception and keeping. noun

In botany: noun

In a single flower, the more or less enlarged and peculiarly developed apex of the peduncle or pedicel, upon which all the organs of the flower are directly or indirectly borne: the Linnæan and usual name: same as the more specific and proper torus of De Candolle and the thalamus of Tournefort. noun

In an inflorescence, the axis or rachis of a head or other short dense cluster; most often. the expanded disk-like summit of the peduncle in Compositæ (dandelion, etc.) on which are borne the florets of the head, surrounded by an involucre of bracts; a clinanthium. In contrast with the above, sometimes called common receptacle. noun

In an ovary, same as placenta. 4. noun

Among cryptogams noun

In the vascular class, the placenta. noun

In Marchantiaceæ, one of the umbrella-like branches of the thallus, upon which the reproductive organs are borne. noun

In Fucaceæ, a part of the thallus in which conceptacles (see conceptacle) are congregated. They are either terminal portions of branches or parts sustained above water by air-bladders. noun

In Fungi, sometimes same as stroma; in Ascomycetes, same as pycnidium, 1 (also the stalk of a discocarp); in Phalloideæ, the inner part of the sporophore, supporting the gleba. noun

In lichens, the cup containing the soredia. The term has some other analogous applications. noun

In zoology and anatomy, a part or an organ which receives and contains or detains a secretion; a receptaculum: as, the gall-bladder is the receptacle of the bile. noun

That which serves, or is used, for receiving and containing something, as for examople, a basket, a vase, a bag, a reservoir; a repository. noun

The apex of the flower stalk, from which the organs of the flower grow, or into which they are inserted. See Illust. of Flower, and Ovary. noun

The dilated apex of a pedicel which serves as a common support to a head of flowers. noun

An intercellular cavity containing oil or resin or other matters. noun

A container.

The part of the flower stalk (peduncle or pedicel) to which the floral parts are attached; a thalamus, a torus.

A structure at the end of a branch of an alga containing conceptacles (reproductive organs).

An organ that receives and holds a secretion.

A contact device installed at an outlet for the connection of an attachment plug (typically by receiving the plug's prongs) to supply portable appliances or equipment.

Words that are spelled similarly to receptacle:
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Words that rhyme with receptacle:
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