RECEPTACLE

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin receptaculum, from receptare to receive, frequentative of recipere to receive Date: 15th century one that receives and contains something ; container , 2. \New Latin receptaculum, from Latin] the end of the flower stalk upon which the floral organs are borne, a structure or tissue (as of a fungus or fern) bearing spores or sporangia, a mounted female electrical fitting that contains the live parts of the circuit