capitulum (plural capitula) may refer to:

  • the Latin word for chapter
    • an index or list of chapters at the head of a gospel manuscript
    • a short reading in the Liturgy of the Hours
      • derived from which, it is the Latin for the assembly known as a chapter
    • a typographic symbol (⸿), to mark chapters or paragraphs, now evolved into the pilcrow

Botany

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  • Capitulum (flower), a type of flower head composed of numerous tiny florets, characteristic of the family Asteraceae
  • Capitulum (moss), the top of a Sphagnum moss plant with compact clusters of young branches; also the apothecium (fruiting body) of lichens of the order Calicium

Zoology

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