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receptive adj

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

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