Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

capitate
     adj : being abruptly enlarged and globose at the tip

capitate
     n : the wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates
         with the 3rd metatarsal [syn: {capitate bone}, {os
         capitatum}]