capitate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: capitate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for capitate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
capitate adj being abruptly enlarged and globose at the tip n the wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metacarpus Synonym(s): capitate, capitate bone, os capitatum
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.