capitulum
Etymology
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin capitulum.
Nouncapitulum (plural capitula)
- (botany) A densely clustered inflorescence composed of a large number of individual florets arising from a platform-like base.
- (arachnology) The head-like mouthpart apparatus of a tick, including the palpi, mandibles, and hypostome.
- (anatomy) A small protuberance on a bone which articulates into another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
- (entomology, obsolete) The enlarged end of a proboscis.
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