Capitulum

[kә'pitʃәlәm]

Definition

(noun.) an arrangement of leafy branches forming the top or head of a tree.

(noun.) a dense cluster of flowers or foliage; 'a head of cauliflower'; 'a head of lettuce'.

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Definition

(n.) A thick head of flowers on a very short axis, as a clover top, or a dandelion; a composite flower. A capitulum may be either globular or flat.

(n.) A knoblike protuberance of any part, esp. at the end of a bone or cartilage. [See Illust. of Artiodactyla.]

Checker: Witt

Definition

n. (bot.) a close head of sessile flowers as in Composit: (anat.) the head of a bone esp. of a rib—also Capitel′lum.—adj. Capit′ular.

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