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

concentrically
concentricities
concentricity
concentricly
concentricness
concentring
concentrism
concentrisms
concents
concentual
concept
concept album
concept art
concept formation
concept map
conceptacle (current term)
conceptacles
concepti
conceptibility
conceptible
concepting
conceptional
conceptionalist
conceptionalists
conceptionally
conceptions
conceptious
conceptive
conceptively

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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