Capitulum

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A knoblike protuberance of any part, ·esp. at the end of a bone or cartilage. [See ·Illust. of Artiodactyla.].

II. Capitulum ·noun A thick head of flowers on a very short axis, as a clover top, or a dandelion; a composite flower. A capitulum may be either globular or flat.

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Capitulum
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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
capitulum
căpĭtŭlum, i, n. dim. [caput]. I Lit., a small head , of man or beast: operto capitulo bibere, Pl...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Capitulum
Căpĭtŭlum, i, n., I a town of the Hernici in Latium , now perh. Paliano , Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 63. I...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
capitulum
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An Elementary Latin Dictionary