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CAPITULUM
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Irregular inflected form: capitula
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An arrangement of leafy branches forming the top or head of a tree
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("capitulum" is a kind of...):
crown; treetop (the upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("capitulum" is a kind of...):
fruit (the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "capitulum"):
mealie (an ear of corn)
Holonyms ("capitulum" is a part of...):
corn; Indian corn; maize; Zea mays (tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A dense cluster of flowers or foliage
Example:
a head of lettuce
Synonyms:
capitulum; head
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("capitulum" is a kind of...):
plant organ (a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus)
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