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Capitulum Common

Capitulum has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a dense cluster of flowers or foliage

"a head of cauliflower"

"a head of lettuce"

2

fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn

3

an arrangement of leafy branches forming the top or head of a tree

4

A densely clustered inflorescence composed of a large number of individual florets arising from a platform-like base.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
plant organ fruit crown
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
mealie
Rhyming Words
lum alum glum clum blum slum klum plum solum colum pilum filum hilum malum tulum calum gillum siglum pyelum pollum
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