receptacle vs urn

receptacle

noun
  • A container. 

  • In the Asteraceae (aster or sunflower family), the end of the peduncle to which all of the florets of the flower head are attached. 

  • A contact device installed at an outlet for the connection of an attachment plug (typically by receiving the plug's prongs) to supply portable appliances or equipment. 

  • A structure at the end of a branch of an alga containing conceptacles (reproductive organs). 

  • An organ that receives and holds a secretion. 

  • The part of the flower stalk (peduncle or pedicel) to which the floral parts are attached; a thalamus, a torus. 

urn

noun
  • A metal vessel for serving tea or coffee. 

  • A vase with a footed base. 

  • A vessel for the ashes or cremains of a deceased person. 

  • Any place of burial; the grave. 

  • A hollow body shaped like an urn, in which the spores of mosses are contained; a spore case; a theca. 

  • A measure of capacity for liquids, containing about three gallons and a half, wine measure. It was half the amphora, and four times the congius. 

verb
  • To place in an urn. 

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