conceptacle
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Etymology
Origin of conceptacle
1605–15; < Latin conceptāculum, equivalent to concept ( us ) conceived ( see concept) + -āculum ( see receptacle)
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When they are quite ripe, the wall of the conceptacle becomes brittle, and from irregular fissures, arising easily from contact, the colourless round sporidia are liberated.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
F. platycarpus, they are both in the same conceptacle.
From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Douglas Houghton Campbell
Section through a conceptacle of Delesseria Leprieurei, much magnified, showing the spores, which are single specialized cells, two or three in a row.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray
Fig. 100a.—Formation of conceptacle in Erysiphe Certain phenomena concerned in the development of the Erysiphei belong also to this connection.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
In some species of Erysiphei the conceptacle encloses but a single sporangium, in others several, which are attached together at the base.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
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