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   receptacle

   /rɪˈsɛptəkl/

   noun

   • 1. a hollow object used to contain something: "fast-food receptacles"
   • 2. an electrical socket. North American
   • 3. an organ or structure which receives a secretion, eggs, sperm, etc.
   • 4. an enlarged area at the apex of a stem on which the parts of a flower or the florets of a flower head are inserted.
   • ▪ a structure supporting the sexual organs in some algae, mosses, and liverworts.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin receptaculum, from receptare ‘receive back’, frequentative of recipere (see receive).

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