Dictionary Entry
capitulum
capitulum is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A thick head of flowers on a very short axis, as a clover top, or a dandelion; a composite flower. A capitulum may be either globular or flat. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 21 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A thick head of flowers on a very short axis, as a clover top, or a dandelion; a composite flower. A capitulum may be either globular or flat.
- 2noun
A knoblike protuberance of any part, esp. at the end of a bone or cartilage. [See Illust. of Artiodactyla.]
- 3noun
an arrangement of leafy branches forming the top or head of a tree
- 4noun
fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
- 5noun
a dense cluster of flowers or foliage
"a head of cauliflower"
"a head of lettuce"
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