capitulum

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/kəˈpɪtjʊləm/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kə pich′ə ləm)

Inflections of 'capitulum' (n): npl: capitula

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ca•pit•u•lum  (kə pich′ə ləm),USA pronunciation n., pl. -la (-lə).USA pronunciation 
  1. Biologyany globose or knoblike part, as a flower head or the head of a bone.
  • Latin, equivalent. to capit- (stem of caput) head + -ulum, neuter of -ulus -ule
  • 1715–25

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
capitulum / kəˈpɪtjʊləm/ ( -la / -lə/)
  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
Etymology: 18th Century: from Latin, literally: a little head, from caput head
'capitulum' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
anthodium - cap - capitular - capitulate - chapter - flower head

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