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capitula

capitula is the plural of capitulum.

Meaning of capitulum

Noun

capitulum (plural capitulums or capitula)

  1. A densely clustered inflorescence composed of a large number of individual florets arising from a platform-like base.
  2. The head-like mouthpart apparatus of a tick, including the palpi, mandibles, and hypostome.
    Synonyms:
    capitellum
  3. A small protuberance on a bone which articulates into another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
    Synonyms:
    capitellum
  4. (obsolete) The enlarged end of a proboscis.
  5. (obsolete) The symbol ⸿. It was used to mark chapters or paragraphs, and is the ancestor of the pilcrow (¶).

Questions about capitula

What is capitula the plural of?
Capitula is the plural of capitulum.

Words near capitula in the dictionary

  1. capitoulat
  2. capitoulate
  3. capitoulates
  4. capitoulats
  5. capitouls
  6. capitula
  7. capitulant
  8. capitulants
  9. capitular
  10. capitularies
  11. capitularly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: capitula (page history and authors); capitulum (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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