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Definition of Conceptacle
1. n. That in which anything is contained; a vessel; a receiver or receptacle.
Definition of Conceptacle
1. Noun. (obsolete) A cavity, especially in the body. ¹
2. Noun. (context: phycology) A cavity in some marine algae that contains the reproductive organs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Conceptacle
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Conceptacle
Literary usage of Conceptacle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science edited by Biologists Limited, The Company of. (1880)
"E first careful notice of the conceptacle which I have nth is that in the '
Phycologia Generalis ' of Kützing He describes (p. 98) it as a roofed-in sorus ..."
2. The Microscope and its revelations by William Benjamin Carpenter (1891)
"... by the rupture of the containing cell, have for a time a rapid, undulatory
motion whereby Fio. 421.—Vertical section of conceptacle of F ileus ..."
3. Principles of Comparative Physiology by William Benjamin Carpenter (1854)
"A, vertical section of a conceptacle of ... branching articulated hairs, detached
from the wall of the conceptacle, bearing antheridia in different stages ..."
4. The Micrographic Dictionary: A Guide to the Examination and Investigation of by John William Griffith, Arthur Henfrey (1883)
"conceptacle membranous, opening irregularly at the summit; ... conceptacle homy,
innate- superficial, more or fuss produced into a neck, ..."
5. Rust, smut, mildew, & mould: an introduction to the study of microscopic fungi by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (1878)
"conceptacle of Berberry blight x 80. „ 231. Tip of one of the appendages of
Berberry blight ... conceptacle of Buttercup blight (Erysiphe communis) 239. ..."
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