CAPITULUM (capitula)

Pronunciation (US):

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Irregular inflected form: capitula   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does capitulum mean? 

• CAPITULUM (noun)
  The noun CAPITULUM has 3 senses:

1. a dense cluster of flowers or foliage

2. fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn

3. an arrangement of leafy branches forming the top or head of a tree

  Familiarity information: CAPITULUM used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAPITULUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dense cluster of flowers or foliage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

capitulum; head

Context example:

a head of lettuce

Hypernyms ("capitulum" is a kind of...):

plant organ (a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

capitulum; ear; spike

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:

An arrangement of leafy branches forming the top or head of a tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("capitulum" is a kind of...):

crown; treetop (the upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant)