conceptacle Meaning, Definition & Usage

Con*cep"ta*cle noun
Etymology
L. conceptaculum, fr. concipere to receive. See Conceive.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913