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receptacular

receptacular adjective: pertaining to, or growing in, the receptacle.

Adjective

receptacular (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to, or growing in, the receptacle.
    • the receptacular chaff or scales in the sunflower
    • receptacular bract

Examples of receptacular in a sentence

  • receptacular nectary
  • receptacular scalesyy

Origin of receptacular

Compare French réceptaculaire.

Questions about receptacular

What does receptacular mean?
Receptacular means pertaining to, or growing in, the receptacle.
How do you use receptacular in a sentence?
receptacular nectary
What part of speech is receptacular?
Receptacular is an adjective.

Words near receptacular in the dictionary

  1. Recep
  2. recept
  3. receptacle
  4. receptacles
  5. receptacula
  6. receptacular
  7. receptaculitid
  8. receptaculitids
  9. receptaculum
  10. receptaculum chyli
  11. receptaries

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