that which serves, or is used, for receiving and containing something, as a basket, a vase, a bag, a reservoir; a repository.-the apex of the flower stalk, from which the organs of the flower grow, or into which they are inserted. see illust. of flower, and ovary.-the dilated apex of a pedicel which serves as a common support to a head of flowers.-an intercellular cavity containing oil or resin or other matters.-a special branch which bears the fructification in many cryptogamous plants.