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Keywords: sessile, florets, inflorescence, daisy, receptacle

A thick head of flowers on a very short axis, as a clover top, or a dandelion; a composite flower. A capitulum may be either globular or flat.

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A rounded or flattened head of sessile flowers, a flower head

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a small head (of flowers).

succulents.co.za

Small head or bony prominence on a bone

uvm.edu

Head of Spahgnum Hoofdje

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n. (L. capitulum, small head) an infloresence forming a head of sessile flowers or florets crowned together on a receptacle and usually surrounded by an involucre.

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diminutive of caput, Latin = head.

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An inflorescence consisting of a head of closely packed sessile florets as in the head of a sunflower.

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The inflorescence of daisies; smallflowers clustered in a head with the appearance of one large 'flower'.

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See Head.

sinauer.com

A general term for a small, elevated articular process; refers to the rounded distal surface of the humerus that articulates with the head of the radius.

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a dense clusters of flowers or foliage; "a head of cauliflower"; "a head of lettuce"

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a Lacemose inflorescence in which the flowers are sessite and crowded together on a reduced pedimole

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head of flowers attached directly to a flat disc or common receptacle (daisy family)

hcs.osu.edu

a close cluster of flowers consisting of tiny florets packed together on a common platform.

garden-centre.org

False head of a tick; bears the mouthparts and the probing and sensory structures. Its shape is characteristic of the tick species.

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a dense cluster of sessile flowers. adj. capitate.

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Keywords: phasmid, operculum, ova, attached, eggs

The structure attached to the operculum of some phasmid eggs, commonly known as the cap.

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The structure attached to the operculum of some phasmid ova.

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Keywords: illust, artiodactyla, knoblike, protuberance, esp

A knoblike protuberance of any part, esp. at the end of a bone or cartilage. [See Illust. of Artiodactyla.]

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Keywords: spicular, sclerotization, nematodes, medial, ventral

In nematodes: Medial ventral sclerotization of the spicular pouch. ( 14)

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Keywords: seedhead, sunflower, cereal, spike, corn

fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn

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Seedhead of plants in the sunflower family.

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Keywords: branches, upper, tree, leaves

the upper branches and leaves of a tree

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