capitate

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kap′i tāt′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
cap•i•tate  (kap′i tāt′),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Botanyforming or shaped like a head or dense cluster.
  2. Biologyhaving an enlarged or swollen, headlike termination.
  • Latin capitātus headed, equivalent. to capit- (stem of caput) head + -ātus -ate1
  • 1655–65

'capitate' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
capitate bone - capitular - clavola

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