CAPITULUM

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A thick head of flowers on a very short axis, as a clover top, or a dandelion; a composite flower. A capitulum may be either globular or flat. Gray.

2.
n.

A knobike protuberance of any part, esp. at the end of a bone or cartilage.


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