capitulum

Senso (Inglese)

  1. A densely clustered inflorescence composed of a large number of individual florets arising from a platform-like base.
  2. The head-like mouthpart apparatus of a tick, including the palpi, mandibles, and hypostome.
  3. A small protuberance on a bone which articulates into another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
  4. (obsolete) The enlarged end of a proboscis.
  5. (obsolete) The symbol ⸿. It was used to mark chapters or paragraphs, and is the ancestor of the pilcrow (¶).

Traduzioni

Etimologia (Inglese)

Borrowed from Latin capitulum. Doublet of chapiter and chapter.

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