capitulum (English, noun)
expansion: capitulum (plural capitulums or capitula)
Senses:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A densely clustered inflorescence composed of a large number of individual florets arising from a platform-like base.
topics: arachnology
biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The head-like mouthpart apparatus of a tick, including the palpi, mandibles, and hypostome.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A small protuberance on a bone which articulates into another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: The enlarged end of a proboscis.
tags: obsolete
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: The symbol ⸿. It was used to mark chapters or paragraphs, and is the ancestor of the pilcrow (¶).
tags: obsolete
Forms:
form: capitulums
tags: plural
form: capitula
tags: plural