receptacle

noun

• 1an object or space used to contain something:trash receptacles
• chiefly Zoology an organ or structure that receives a secretion, eggs, sperm, etc..
• an electrical outlet into which the plug of an electrical device may be inserted.

• 2 Botany an enlarged area at the apex of a stem that bears the organs of a flower or the florets of a flower head.
• a structure supporting the sexual organs in some algae, mosses, and liverworts.