Associations to the word «Capitulum»

CAPITULUM, noun. (botany) A densely clustered inflorescence composed of a large number of individual florets arising from a platform-like base.

CAPITULUM, noun. (arachnology) The head-like mouthpart apparatus of a tick, including the palpi, mandibles, and hypostome.

CAPITULUM, noun. (anatomy) A small protuberance on a bone which articulates into another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.

CAPITULUM, noun. (entomology) (obsolete) The enlarged end of a proboscis.

CAPITULUM, noun. A dense cluster of flowers or foliage; "a head of cauliflower"; "a head of lettuce".

CAPITULUM, noun. Fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn.

CAPITULUM, noun. An arrangement of leafy branches forming the top or head of a tree.