Hypertext Webster Gateway: "capitulum"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Capitulum \Ca*pit"u*lum\, n.; pl. {Capitula}. [L., a small
head.]
1. 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. --Gray.
2. (Anat.) A knoblike protuberance of any part, esp. at the
end of a bone or cartilage.
Note: [See Illust. of {Artiodactyla}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
capitulum
n 1: a dense clusters of flowers or foliage: "a head of
cauliflower"; "a head of lettuce" [syn: {head}]
2: fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn [syn: {ear},
{spike}]
3: the upper branches and leaves of a tree [syn: {crown}, {treetop}]
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