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capitulum
  1. (botany) A densely clustered inflorescence composed of a large number of individual florets arising from a platform-like base.
  2. (arachnology) The head-like mouthpart apparatus of a tick, including the palpi, mandibles, and hypostome.
  3. (anatomy) A small protuberance on a bone which articulates into another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
  4. (entomology, obsolete) The enlarged end of a proboscis.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “First anthesis was reached when stamens became visible on the outer ring of flowers on the capitulum.”
      “Sphagnum samples were taken from the medium-long or outer branches of the capitulum.”
      “The achenes produced by each capitulum are similar, possess a pappus of bristles that causes them to move upwind and a well-developed elaisome.”
caput
  1. (anatomy) The head.
  2. (anatomy) A knob-like protuberance or capitulum.
  3. The top or superior part of a thing.
  4. (Britain) The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.
  5. Examples:
    1. “The caput and caudal epididymal regions were separated, and washed with ice-cold physiological saline in order to remove seminal plasma.”
      “It is now up to leadership to get us out, building a new motor to replace the Franco-German one which is caput.”
      “Consumption of these and other foodcrops is accounted for when estimating the annual per caput cereal and pulse consumption.”
capitular
  1. An act passed in a chapter.
  2. A member of a chapter.
  3. The head or prominent part.
capitulescence
  1. (botany) A compound inflorescence made of capitula instead of individual flowers.
capita
  1. plural of caput
  2. Examples:
    1. “Of course, if we judge things on a per capita basis, the last positions would be reversed.”
      “The minimum wage differs from one province to another due to differing price indexes and average per capita income.”
      “Private enterprise has flourished, individuals have greater freedom in deciding where they live and work, and per capita income has quintupled.”
capitulescences
  1. plural of capitulescence
capitula
  1. plural of capitulum
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Female inflorescences are terminal, solitary or in spikes, racemes or capitula, short, bracteate, with crowded flowers, often pendulous in fruit.”
      “After tertiary capitula ripened, cauline leaves senesced and remained marcescent on the stems.”
      “Typically, he is wearing a capitula or long shorts, knee socks, and a casque colonial or pith helmet.”
capitulars
  1. plural of capitular
caputs
  1. plural of caput
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