Definition of Conceptacle. Meaning of Conceptacle. Synonyms of Conceptacle

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Definition of Conceptacle

Conceptacle
Conceptacle Con*cep"ta*cle, n. [L. conceptaculum, fr. concipere to receive. See Conceive.] 1. That in which anything is contained; a vessel; a receiver or receptacle. [Obs.] --Woodward. 2. (Bot.) (a) A pericarp, opening longitudinally on one side and having the seeds loose in it; a follicle; a double follicle or pair of follicles. (b) One of the cases containing the spores, etc., of flowerless plants, especially of algae.

Meaning of Conceptacle from wikipedia

- Conceptacles are specialized cavities of marine and freshwater algae that contain the reproductive organs. They are situated in the receptacle and open...
- whorls of branches reminiscent of the horsetails occur at the nodes. Conceptacles are another polyphyletic trait; they appear in the coralline algae and...
- it is attached to the rock by a holdfast. The gametangia develop in conceptacles embedded in receptacles in the apices of the final branches. They may...
- internally, which are released to meet a prospective carpogonium in its conceptacle. The δ13C values of red algae reflect their lifestyles. The largest difference...
- via the haemolymph (blood) to sperm storage structures called seminal conceptacles, with fertilisation eventually taking place at the ovaries. The "Cimex...
- the only form for each generation. Gametes are formed in specialized conceptacles that occur scattered on both surfaces of the receptacle, the outer portion...
- the female's blood (haemolymph) to sperm storage structures (seminal conceptacles); they are released from there to fertilise her eggs inside her ovaries...
- specialised structures which contain the reproductive organs called conceptacles. Receptacles also function as a structure that captures food. Blackberry...
- broken and dislodged fragments. Hormosira reproduction Female conceptacle Male conceptacle Hormosira is regarded as an ecosystem engineer or habitat former...
- has many cryptostomata, and conceptacles that may be male, female or both. Up to 12 oogonia may develop in each conceptacle. The proximity of the oogonia...