capitulum

capitulum has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• n.. 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.
• n.. A knoblike protuberance of any part, esp. at the end of a bone or cartilage. [See Illust. of Artiodactyla.]
• n.. an arrangement of leafy branches forming the top or head of a tree
• n.. fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
• n.. a dense cluster of flowers or foliage; "a head of cauliflower"; "a head of lettuce"