receptacular

English

Etymology

Compare French réceptaculaire.

Adjective

receptacular (not comparable)

1. (botany) Pertaining to, or growing in, the receptacle.

   the receptacular chaff or scales in the sunflower

   receptacular bract

   receptacular nectary

   receptacular scalesyy

References

• “receptacular”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• creeptacular