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

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. A knoblike protuberance of any part, esp. at the end of a bone or cartilage. [See Illust. of Artiodactyla.]
3. noun. an arrangement of leafy branches forming the top or head of a tree
4. noun. fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn

   Synonyms: ear, spike

5. noun. a dense cluster of flowers or foliage

   "a head of cauliflower"

   "a head of lettuce"

   Synonyms: head

Synonyms

ear, spike, head

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