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- Conceptacle - n. - That in which anything is contained; a vessel; a receiver or receptacle.
- Conceptacle - n. - A pericarp, opening longitudinally on one side and having the seeds loose in it; a follicle; a double follicle or pair of follicles.
- Conceptacle - n. - One of the cases containing the spores, etc., of flowerless plants, especially of algae.
- Spermogonium - n. - A conceptacle of certain lichens, which contains spermatia.
- Sporocarp - n. - A closed body or conceptacle containing one or more masses of spores or sporangia.
- Zoosporangium - n. - A spore, or conceptacle containing zoospores.
- Macrosporangium - n. - A sporangium or conceptacle containing only large spores; -- opposed to microsporangium. Both are found in the genera Selaginella, Isoctes, and Marsilia, plants remotely allied to ferns.
- Microsporangium - n. - A sporangium or conceptacle containing only very minute spores. Cf. Macrosporangium.