| Noun | 1. | capitulum - a dense clusters of flowers or foliage; "a head of cauliflower"; "a head of lettuce"plant organ - a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus | |
| 2. | capitulum - fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corncorn, Indian corn, maize, Zea mays - tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times fruit - the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant | |
| 3. | capitulum - the upper branches and leaves of a treetop - the upper part of anything; "the mower cuts off the tops of the grass"; "the title should be written at the top of the first page" tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms | |