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Definition of: capitulum
(kə·pich′
·ləm) noun plural ·la (-lə)
1. Bot. In phanerogams, a close, head–shaped cluster of sessile flowers, as in the button daisy. See illustration under INFLORESCENCE.
2. Anat. A small rounded body, as at the head of a rib.
3. Zool. The headlike part of ticks and mites.
4. Entomol. The enlarged tip of the antenna or mouth of certain insects. [<L, dim. of caput head]
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