名詞 capitulum:

1. a dense clusters of flowers or foliage
   同義詞：head
2. fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
   同義詞：ear, spike
3. the upper branches and leaves of a tree
   同義詞：crown, treetop

ca.pit.u.lum

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 ca.pit.u.la[-l…]
Botany See flower head
【植物學(xué)】 參見 flower head
Biology A small knob or head-shaped part, such as a protuberance of a bone or the tip of an insect`s antenna.
【生物學(xué)】 小頭，骨狀突：一小塊球狀突出物或頭狀部分，如一根骨頭的突起或一個昆蟲的觸角的頂端

來源：
Latin
拉丁語
diminutive of caput capit- [head] * see kaput-
caput的小后綴 capit- [頂端，頭] *參見 kaput-