noun
- Small flask-shaped or cup-shaped reproductive structures found in certain algae and fungi, especially brown algae, containing spores or gametes.
Usage: botanical; plural of conceptacle
Examples
- The brown algae produce conceptacles that release spores into the water.
- Marine biologists examined the conceptacles under a microscope to study reproduction.
- These conceptacles are characteristic features of kelp and other seaweeds.
- The conceptacles contain the reproductive cells necessary for the algae's life cycle.