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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Capitate \Cap"i*tate\, a. [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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: capitate adj : (biology) being abruptly enlarged and globose at the tip n : the wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metatarsal [syn: {capitate bone}, {os capitatum}]
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