capitate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metacarpus
    os capitatum; capitate bone.
  2. adjective satellite being abruptly enlarged and globose at the tip

WordNet

Cap"i*tate adjective
Etymology
L. capitatus fr. caput head.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913