capitulum
- Noun. (botany) A densely clustered inflorescence composed of a large number of individual florets arising from a platform-like base.
- Noun. (arachnology) The head-like mouthpart apparatus of a tick, including the palpi, mandibles, and hypostome.
- Noun. (anatomy) A small protuberance on a bone which articulates into another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
- Noun. (entomology, obsolete) The enlarged end of a proboscis..
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