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Capitulum

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A densely clustered inflorescence composed of a large number of individual florets arising from a platform-like base.
  2. 2
    an arrangement of leafy branches forming the top or head of a tree wordnet
  3. 3
    The head-like mouthpart apparatus of a tick, including the palpi, mandibles, and hypostome.
  4. 4
    fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn wordnet
  5. 5
    A small protuberance on a bone which articulates into another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
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  1. 6
    a dense cluster of flowers or foliage wordnet
  2. 7
    The enlarged end of a proboscis. obsolete
  3. 8
    The symbol ⸿. It was used to mark chapters or paragraphs, and is the ancestor of the pilcrow (¶). obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin capitulum. Doublet of chapiter and chapter.

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