n. 1. A container that holds items or matter. 2. Botany The expanded tip of a flower stalk or axis that bears the floral parts or the florets of the flower head. 3. Electronics A fitting connected to a power supply and equipped to receive a plug. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin receptāculum, from receptāre, to receive again, frequentative of recipere, to receive; see RECEIVE.] |
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