capitate

[ kap-i-teyt ]

/ ˈkæp ɪˌteɪt /

adjective

Botany. forming or shaped like a head or dense cluster.

Biology. having an enlarged or swollen, headlike termination.

Origin of capitate

1655–65; <Latin capitātus headed, equivalent to capit- (stem of caput) head + -ātus-ate¹

OTHER WORDS FROM capitate

mul·ti·cap·i·tate, adjective

Words nearby capitate

capital structure, capital sum, capital surplus, capital transfer tax, capitasti, capitate, capitate bone, capitation, capitellum, capitium, Capitol

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Example sentences from the Web for capitate

Flowers few, sessile and capitate clustered on the mostly long peduncles.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States|Asa Gray
Valve linear, with protracted, sub-rostrate or capitate ends.
The Diatomaceae of Philadelphia and Vicinity|Charles Sumner Boyer
The tentacles are all capitate and distributed, and about 2-1/2 times the body length.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole|Gary N. Calkins
In this moss, the paraphyses are inflated at the summit into little knobs, or they are capitate (fig. 37).
An Elementary Text-book of the Microscope|John William Griffith

The ovary has a thick style and capitate stigma (c), and the fruit is a drupe (d).
Botany for Ladies|Jane Loudon

British Dictionary definitions for capitate

capitate

/ (ˈkæpɪˌteɪt) /

adjective

botany shaped like a head, as certain flowers or inflorescences

zoology having an enlarged headlike enda capitate bone

Word Origin for capitate

C17: from Latin capitātus having a (large) head, from caput head

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for capitate

capitate

[ kăp′ĭ-tāt′ ]

adj.

Enlarged and globular at the tip, as a bone of the wrist having a rounded, knoblike end.

Scientific definitions for capitate

capitate

[ kăp′ĭ-tāt′ ]

Noun

The largest of the carpal bones.

Adjective

Forming a headlike mass or dense cluster, as the flowers of plants in the composite family.

单词	capitate
释义	capitate [ kap-i-teyt ] / ˈkæp ɪˌteɪt / adjective Botany. forming or shaped like a head or dense cluster. Biology. having an enlarged or swollen, headlike termination. Origin of capitate 1655–65; <Latin capitātus headed, equivalent to capit- (stem of caput) head + -ātus-ate¹ OTHER WORDS FROM capitate mul·ti·cap·i·tate, adjective Words nearby capitate capital structure, capital sum, capital surplus, capital transfer tax, capitasti, capitate, capitate bone, capitation, capitellum, capitium, Capitol Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for capitate Flowers few, sessile and capitate clustered on the mostly long peduncles. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States\|Asa Gray Valve linear, with protracted, sub-rostrate or capitate ends. The Diatomaceae of Philadelphia and Vicinity\|Charles Sumner Boyer The tentacles are all capitate and distributed, and about 2-1/2 times the body length. Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole\|Gary N. Calkins In this moss, the paraphyses are inflated at the summit into little knobs, or they are capitate (fig. 37). An Elementary Text-book of the Microscope\|John William Griffith The ovary has a thick style and capitate stigma (c), and the fruit is a drupe (d). Botany for Ladies\|Jane Loudon British Dictionary definitions for capitate capitate / (ˈkæpɪˌteɪt) / adjective botany shaped like a head, as certain flowers or inflorescences zoology having an enlarged headlike enda capitate bone Word Origin for capitate C17: from Latin capitātus having a (large) head, from caput head Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for capitate capitate [ kăp′ĭ-tāt′ ] adj. Enlarged and globular at the tip, as a bone of the wrist having a rounded, knoblike end. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Scientific definitions for capitate capitate [ kăp′ĭ-tāt′ ] Noun The largest of the carpal bones. Adjective Forming a headlike mass or dense cluster, as the flowers of plants in the composite family. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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