capitulum

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 (¶).

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin capitulum. Doublet of chapiter and chapter.

Synonyms

head

spike

ear

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leafage

raceme

small end

umbel

microcephaly

flower head

microcephalia

nanocephalia

inflorescences

panicles

flower cluster

little end

foliage

inflorescence

Translations

koszyczek

capolino

capitule

espiga

Körbchen

Rispe

Köpfchen

Capitulum

Infloreszenz

Blütenkorb

Blütenkörbchen

κεφάλιον

Blütentraube

épi

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