capitulum
The English word “capitulum” has 5 meanings listed here.
noun
- A densely clustered inflorescence composed of a large number of individual florets arising from a platform-like base.
- The head-like mouthpart apparatus of a tick, including the palpi, mandibles, and hypostome.
- A small protuberance on a bone which articulates into another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
- The enlarged end of a proboscis.
- The symbol ⸿. It was used to mark chapters or paragraphs, and is the ancestor of the pilcrow (¶).
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin capitulum. Doublet of chapiter and chapter.
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