receptacle
a structure that contains or bears the other parts; in flowers it is the end of the stem to which the other flower parts are attached
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
receptacle The base that attaches a þower to the stem. PICTURE ...
receptacle. The apex of the flower stem that bears the organs of the flower.
regrowth bud. The buds on alfalfa crowns that become new stems.
reproductive bud. The buds on alfalfa stems that become flowers.
receptacle
1. in flowering plants, the end of the stalk becoming the flower parts. 2. in ferns, the mass of tissue that becomes the sporangium. 3. in liverworts, the cup containing a gemma. 4.
receptacle The expanded tip of a pedicel or peduncle to which the floral organs are attached.
receptive field The area of a group of sensory cells that, when stimulated, influences the activity of a given neuron.
A cup-shaped receptacle in the vertebrate kidney that is the initial, expanded segment of the nephron where filtrate enters from the blood.
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The ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for the consecrated elements, whether a part of a building or movable.
A niche for the image of a saint, or for any sacred painting or sculpture.
In 1683 Antoni van Leeuwenhoek discovered bacteria, and it was soon found that however carefully organic matter might be protected by screens, or by being placed in stoppered receptacles, putrefaction set in, ...
The female reproductive system likewise contains two main divisions: the vagina and uterus, which act as the receptacle for the sperm, and the ovaries, which produce the female's ova. All of these parts are always internal.
Hypanthium in a flower‚ an enlarged receptacle which had grown to surround the ovary (for example‚ an apple)
(hypo = under; anthe = flower; -ium = small) ...
Earthworms are hermaphroditic, having both testes with seminal vesicles, and ovaries with seminal receptacles. Mating involves the worms lying parallel to each other facing opposite directions and exchanging sperm.
The structure involved in connecting the fetal and maternal tissues consisting of a cotyledon and a caruncle in the cotyledonary placenta. The cotyledons or chorionic villi are of fetal origin and "plug into" the caruncles or receptacles in the ...
When food is abundant she spends most of her time laying eggs in the wax cells of the honeycomb. The queen fertilizes most of these eggs, just before they are deposited in the cells, by releasing sperm from storage sacs (sperm receptacles), ...
 See also: Organ, Plant, Animals, Animal, Cells
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