Con-çēp'ta-cle, n.

(-sēp'ta-kl), n. [Lat. conceptaculum, from concipere, to receive. See CONCEIVE.]

1. That in which any thing is contained; a vessel; a receiver or receptacle.
2. (Bot.) A pericarp of one valve, opening longitudinally on one side and having the seeds loose in it; a follicle.

☞ The term has also been applied to the cases containing the reproductive organs of such plants as ferns.