Proper receptacle

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(Bot.)

a receptacle which supports only a single flower or fructification.

See also: Proper

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No references found			A single assembly may be a proper receptacle of those slender, or rather fettered, authorities, which have been heretofore delegated to the federal head; but it would be inconsistent with all the principles of good government, to intrust it with those additional powers which, even the moderate and more rational adversaries of the proposed Constitution admit, ought to reside in the United States. Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context			Propendency Propendent propene propenoate propenoic acid propenonitrile Propense Propension propensity Propenyl propenyl alcohol Propepsin Propeptone proper proper adjective proper authority proper clearance Proper flower proper fraction proper motion proper name Proper nectary proper noun Proper perianth Proper preface Proper receptacle proper time Properate Properation properdin Properispome Properispomenon properly properly speaking Properness propertied Propertius property property account Property and Ownership property bond property centre property damage insurance property developer property line property man property master property owner property right property settlement property tax			Proper names Proper names Proper names Proper nectary proper noun proper noun proper noun proper nouns proper nouns proper nutrition proper occasion Proper Operating Procedure Proper orthogonal decomposition proper orthogonal transformation proper palmar digital nerve proper party Proper perianth Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance Proper Planning Prevents Poor Presentation proper plantar digital nerve Proper preface Proper Preparation Prevents Piss-Poor Performance Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance Proper Prior Planning Prevents Pathetically Poor Performance Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance Proper Prior Planning Prevents Pitiful Poor Performance Proper Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance Proper Ram-air Orientation proper rational function Proper receptacle Proper Self-Energy Potential Proper Shipping Name Proper subgroup Proper subgroup Proper subgroup Proper subset Proper subset proper substance of cornea proper substance of sclera Proper superset Proper superset Proper tail recursion proper thing to do Proper time Proper time proper title proper to be examined in courts of justice proper to public debate Proper Treatment of Quantification in Ordinary English proper value properantia properare Properate properatio Properation properdin properdin properdin properdin factor A properdin factor B

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