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Webster 1913 Edition

Capitate

Cap′i-tate

(kăp′ĭ-tā̍t)
,
Adj.
[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.)
Having the flowers gathered into a head.

Webster 1828 Edition

Capitate

CAPITATE

,
Adj.
In botany, growing in a head, applied to a flower, or stigma.

Definition 2024

capitate

capitate

English

Adjective

capitate ‎(not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Having a distinct globular tip.
  2. (botany) Forming a dense, head-like cluster, such as the inflorescences of composites.

Translations

Noun

capitate ‎(plural capitates)

  1. (anatomy) The capitate bone of the wrist.

Translations

Verb

capitate ‎(third-person singular simple present capitates, present participle capitating, simple past and past participle capitated)

  1. (US, health care) To pay health-care providers using a capitation system.

Italian

Verb

capitate

  1. second-person plural present of capitare
  2. second-person plural imperative of capitare

Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

capitāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of capitātus

Etymology

From Latin capitatus ‎(“having a head”), from caput ‎(“head”)

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