Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The large capitate bone of the carpus, more fully called
os capitatum ; the os magnum. See cut underhand .
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Examples
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Many rare plants are found in the woods, such as the Delphinium requienii, Galium minutulum, Pelargonium capitatum, Latyrus tingitanus, Alkanna lutea,
The South of France—East Half C. B. Black
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Spadix pedunculum 3-uncial terminans, basi squamis magnis membranaceis, lineari-oblongis stipatus sursum in corpus fungoiden, capitatum, maximum, purpureo-sanguineum, superficie rugose dilatata.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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The Capitate Bone (os capitatum; os magnum) (Fig. 227).
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At higher elevations, characteristic species are "temblón" or "palo de viento" (Didymopanax tremulu), ebony (Diospyros ebenaster), almond (Prunus occidentalis), Garrya fadyenii, Weinmannia pinnata, Oreopanax capitatum, and Brunellia comocladifolia, as well as "pino criollo" (Pinus occidentalis) and arboreal ferns (Cyathea spp.).
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Applied to flower (capitatus fics) and ftigma (capitatum Jligma).
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Germen fubftipitatum hirfutum; ftylus i; ftigma capitatum.
Antonii Laurentii de Jussieu ... Genera plantarum secundum ordines naturales disposita : juxta methodum in horto regio Parisiensi exaratam, anno M.DCC.LXXIV Barrois, Théophile, printer 1789
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Sram.a. Stigm. capitatum • a. diffufd • B.caui. laevi, difiufo: foi. ovatis.
Summa plantarum 1789
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The juice is obtained from the larger; that from young parts is less thick: an exposed semi-denuded root, is selected for transverse incisions through the bark, from which alone the juice flows, a small hole is made in the ground immediately beneath the incised parts into which a leaf, generally of Phrynium capitatum is placed: it is collected in this simple manner in a very clean state, far more so than that which can be collected from the tree in any other situation.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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