What does "capitulum" mean?

A densely clustered inflorescence composed of a large number of individual florets arising from a platform-like base.

Capitulum

Common synonyms include: ament, articular head, articular surface, blossom, canons chapter, cathedral chapter.

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Noun

1
A densely clustered inflorescence composed of a large number of individual florets arising from a platform-like base.
2
an arrangement of leafy branches forming the top or head of a tree wordnet
3
The head-like mouthpart apparatus of a tick, including the palpi, mandibles, and hypostome.
4
fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn wordnet
5
A small protuberance on a bone which articulates into another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.

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a dense cluster of flowers or foliage wordnet
7
The enlarged end of a proboscis. obsolete
8
The symbol ⸿. It was used to mark chapters or paragraphs, and is the ancestor of the pilcrow (¶). obsolete

Borrowed from Latin capitulum. Doublet of chapiter and chapter.