Small head or bony prominence on a bone
n. (L. capitulum, small head) an infloresence forming a head of sessile flowers or florets crowned together on a receptacle and usually surrounded by an involucre.
diminutive of caput, Latin = head.
An inflorescence consisting of a head of closely packed sessile florets as in the head of a sunflower.
The inflorescence of daisies; smallflowers clustered in a head with the appearance of one large 'flower'.
A general term for a small, elevated articular process; refers to the rounded distal surface of the humerus that articulates with the head of the radius.
a dense clusters of flowers or foliage; "a head of cauliflower"; "a head of lettuce"
a Lacemose inflorescence in which the flowers are sessite and crowded together on a reduced pedimole
head of flowers attached directly to a flat disc or common receptacle (daisy family)
a close cluster of flowers consisting of tiny florets packed together on a common platform.
False head of a tick; bears the mouthparts and the probing and sensory structures. Its shape is characteristic of the tick species.
a dense cluster of sessile flowers. adj. capitate.