Hypertext Webster Gateway: "capitate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Capitate \Cap"i*tate\, a. [L. capitatus fr. caput head.]
1. Headlike in form; also, having the distal end enlarged and
rounded, as the stigmas of certain flowers.
2. (Bot.) Having the flowers gathered into a head.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
capitate
adj : (biology) being abruptly enlarged and globose at the tip
n : the wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates
with the 3rd metatarsal [syn: {capitate bone}, {os
capitatum}]
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