Wiktionary:Word of the day/2021/May 14

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Word of the day
for May 14
receptive adj
  1. Capable of receiving something.
  2. Ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas.
  3. (botany) Of a female flower or gynoecium: ready for reproduction; fertile.
  4. (neurology, psychology) Of, affecting, or pertaining to the understanding of language rather than its expression.
  5. (zoology) Of a female animal (especially a mammal): prepared to mate; in heat, in oestrus.
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