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Definition of Capitulum
1. Noun. A dense cluster of flowers or foliage. "A head of lettuce"
2. Noun. Fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn.
Group relationships: Corn, Indian Corn, Maize, Zea Mays
Specialized synonyms: Mealie
Generic synonyms: Fruit
Derivative terms: Spike
3. Noun. An arrangement of leafy branches forming the top or head of a tree.
Definition of Capitulum
1. 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.
Definition of Capitulum
1. Noun. (botany) A densely clustered inflorescence composed of a large number of individual florets arising from a platform-like base. ¹
2. Noun. (arachnology) The head-like mouthpart apparatus of a tick, including the palpi, mandibles, and hypostome. ¹
3. Noun. (anatomy) A small protuberance on a bone which articulates into another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint. ¹
4. Noun. (entomology obsolete) The enlarged end of a proboscis. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Capitulum
1. a flower cluster [n -LA]
Medical Definition of Capitulum
1. A dense cluster of stalkless flowers. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Capitulum
Literary usage of Capitulum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet, Edward Nares (1843)
"... eie per nos tus Decanus et capitulum Ecclesia; Callie- >° quadam ... Et quod
pni-fatua De- et capitulum Sancti Pauli London, ..."