capitulum
noun
any globose or knoblike part, as a flower head or the head of a bone.
capitula
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pluralof capitulum.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The capitula are rather smaller than those figured by Gaudichaud; but in Mr. Oldfield's collection from the Murchison River we observe analogous specimens, with intermediate gradations.
From Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart by Stuart, John McDouall
Jerome, notwithstanding, in his Preface names these additions in the order, Susanna, The Three, Bel and the Dragon; yet in the immediately following "capitula Danihelis," it stands as in the text after chap. xii.
From The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study by Daubney, William Heaford
Bacon, whose previous writings had been mostly scattered tracts, capitula quaedam, took fresh courage from this command of the pope.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various
In the capitula of Compositae we sometimes find the florets converted into green leaves.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
I find Midges, Plant-lice and Ants caught in it, as well as tufted seeds which have blown from the capitula of the Cichoriaceae.
From More Hunting Wasps by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
