Having a head or head-like structure; in botany and zoology, shaped like or bearing a head.
From Latin capitatus (having a head), from caput (head) + -atus (adjective suffix). Used in scientific terminology to describe anatomical and botanical shapes.
Scientists use 'capitate' to describe things like the capitate bone in your wrist (it looks like a little head!) and capitate mushrooms. It's one of hundreds of Latin-rooted adjectives that let biologists describe shapes instantly and precisely.
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