- a container, device, etc., that receives or holds something: a receptacle for trash.
- the modified or expanded portion of the stem or axis that bears the organs of a single flower or the florets of a flower head.
- a contact device installed at an outlet for the connection of a portable lamp, appliance, or other electric device by means of a plug and flexible cord.
- an object that holds something; container
- botany
- the enlarged or modified tip of the flower stalk that bears the parts of the flower
- the shortened flattened stem bearing the florets of the capitulum of composite flowers such as the daisy
- the part of lower plants that bears the reproductive organs or spores
