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capitulum

American  
[kuh-pich-uh-luhm] / kəˈpɪtʃ ə ləm /

noun

plural

capitula

  1. Biology. any globose or knoblike part, as a flower head or the head of a bone.

capitulum British  
/ kəˈpɪtjʊləm /

noun

  1. 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

  2. anatomy zoology a headlike part, esp the enlarged knoblike terminal part of a long bone, antenna, etc

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capitulum Scientific  
/ kə-pĭch′ə-ləm /

plural

capitula

  1. A small knob or head-shaped part, such as a protuberance of a bone or the tip of an insect's antenna.

  2. 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.

Etymology

Origin of capitulum

1715–25; < Latin, equivalent to capit- (stem of caput ) head + -ulum, neuter of -ulus -ule

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