Conceptacle

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Conceptacle \Con*cep"ta*cle\, n. [L. conceptaculum, fr.
     concipere to receive. See {Conceive}.]
     1. That in which anything is contained; a vessel; a receiver
        or receptacle. [Obs.] --Woodward.
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     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.
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