Conceptacle

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. That in which anything is contained; a vessel; a receiver or receptacle. [Obs.] Woodward.

2. A pericarp, opening longitudinally on one side and having the seeds loose in it; a follicle; a double follicle or pair of follicles.

3. One of the cases containing the spores, etc., of flowerless plants, especially of algae.