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capitulum

capitulum noun: a densely clustered inflorescence composed of a large number of individual florets arising from a platform-like base.

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 (¶).

capitulum meaning in Tamil and Kannada

capitulum in Tamil

தலையுரு, எலும்புத் தலைப்பு, எலும்புமூட்டுக்குமிழி, விலாஎன்புத்தலை

capitulum in Kannada

ಚಂಡುಮಂಜರಿ

Synonyms of capitulum

Forms of capitulum

pluralcapitulums
pluralcapitula

Origin of capitulum

Borrowed from Latin capitulum. Doublet of chapiter and chapter.

Words formed from capitulum

Questions about capitulum

What does capitulum mean?
Capitulum means a densely clustered inflorescence composed of a large number of individual florets arising from a platform-like base.
What is capitulum in Tamil?
Capitulum in Tamil is தலையுரு, எலும்புத் தலைப்பு, எலும்புமூட்டுக்குமிழி. See Capitulum meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is capitulum?
Capitulum is a noun.
What is the plural of capitulum?
The plural of capitulum is capitulums.

Words near capitulum in the dictionary

  1. capitules
  2. capitulescence
  3. capitulescences
  4. capituliform
  5. capitulotubercular
  6. capitulum
  7. capitulums
  8. capivara
  9. capivaras
  10. capivasertib
  11. capivi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: capitulum (page history and authors); capitulum (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); capitulum (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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