capitulum
Biology. any globose or knoblike part, as a flower head or the head of a bone.
Origin of capitulum
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How to use capitulum in a sentence
capitulum globosum, floridum magnitudine pruni minoris, fructiferum pomum parvum aequans.
Cirripedia having a carapace, consisting either of a capitulum on a peduncle, or of an operculated shell with a basis.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) | Charles DarwinCirripedia quibus pro carapace est aut capitulum pedunculatum, aut testa operculata cum basi.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) | Charles Darwincapitulum sine valvis; apertur ampl; pedunculus fimbriatus, sub-globosus, infossus.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) | Charles DarwinI believe I saw in one specimen, most delicate transverse muscular fibres round the lower part of the elongated capitulum.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) | Charles Darwin
British Dictionary definitions for capitulum
/ (kəˈpɪtjʊləm) /
a racemose inflorescence in the form of a disc of sessile flowers, the youngest at the centre. It occurs in the daisy and related plants
anatomy zoology a headlike part, esp the enlarged knoblike terminal part of a long bone, antenna, etc
Origin of capitulum
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for capitulum
[ kə-pĭch′ə-ləm ]
A small knob or head-shaped part, such as a protuberance of a bone or the tip of an insect's antenna.
An inflorescence consisting of a compact mass of small stalkless flowers, as in the English daisy. The yellow central portion of the capitulum of a daisy consists of disk flowers, while the outer white, petallike structures are actually ray flowers. The capitulum is the characteristic inflorescence of the composite family (Asteraceae) of flowering plants.
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