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| ca·pit·u·lum [ kə píchələm ] (plural ca·pit·u·la [ kə píchələ ]) |
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1. type of flower head: a flower head that looks like a large single flower but consists of numerous tiny flowers clustered together on a disk. Daisies and sunflowers have this type of flower head.
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2. rounded part: a rounded enlarged body part, e.g. at the end of a bone or at the tips of an insect's antennae
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| [Early 18th century. < Latin, "little head" < caput "head"] |
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