CAPITATE


Meaning of CAPITATE in English

/kap"i tayt'/ , adj.

1. Bot. forming or shaped like a head or dense cluster.

2. Biol. having an enlarged or swollen, headlike termination.

[ 1655-65; capitatus headed, equiv. to capit- (s. of caput ) head + -atus -ATE 1 ]

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