capitulum

About 0.13 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A densely clustered inflorescence composed of a large number of individual florets arising from a platform-like base.
2. noun The head-like mouthpart apparatus of a tick, including the palpi, mandibles, and hypostome.
3. noun A small protuberance on a bone which articulates into another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
4. noun The enlarged end of a proboscis.
5. noun The symbol ⸿. It was used to mark chapters or paragraphs, and is the ancestor of the pilcrow (¶).

Similar words

treetop ear spike crown head stapes capitulescence capitule capitellum umbel

Often followed by

of and is in de generale or primum with

Word family

capitula