capitulum

Noun

obsolete

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

Japanese Meaning

植物学用語：多数の小花が台座状の基部から密集して咲く花序。

The botanist carefully examined the capitulum under a hand lens, noting the arrangement of florets on its flattened receptacle.

植物学者は手持ちルーペで頭状花序を注意深く観察し、平らな花床に並ぶ小花の配列に注目した。

Sense（1）

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

Sense（2）

(arachnology) The head-like mouthpart apparatus of a tick, including the palpi, mandibles, and hypostome.

Sense（3）

(anatomy) A small protuberance on a bone which articulates into another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.

Sense（4）

(entomology, obsolete) The enlarged end of a proboscis.

capitula

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