capitulum

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ca=pit=u=lum

CIDE DICTIONARY

capitulum, n. [L., a small head.].

 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.  Gray.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

capitulum, n. (pl. capitula) Bot. an inflorescence with flowers clustered together like a head, as in the daisy family.

Etymology

L, dimin. of caput head