Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CAPITATE
a.In botany, growing in a head, applied to a flower, or stigma.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CAPITATE
CAPITATE Cap "i *tate, a Etym: [L. capitatus fr. caput head. ]
1. Headlike in form; also, having the distal end enlarged and rounded, as the stigmas of certain flowers.
2. (Bot. )
Defn: Having the flowers gathered into a head.
New American Oxford Dictionary
capitate
cap i tate |ˈkapiˌtāt ˈkæpəteɪt | ▶adjective Botany & Zoology ending in a distinct compact head. ▶noun (also capitate bone ) Anatomy the largest of the carpal bones, situated at the base of the palm of the hand and articulating with the third metacarpal. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin capitatus, from caput, capit- ‘head. ’
Oxford Dictionary
capitate
capitate |ˈkapɪteɪt | ▶adjective Botany & Zoology ending in a distinct compact head. ▶noun (also capitate bone ) Anatomy the largest of the carpal bones, situated at the base of the palm of the hand and articulating with the third metacarpal. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin capitatus, from caput, capit-, ‘head ’.
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