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Headlike in form; also, having the distal end enlarged and rounded, as the stigmas of certain flowers.

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  1. a. Headlike in form; also, having the distal end enlarged and rounded, as the stigmas of certain flowers.
  2. a. Having the flowers gathered into a head.
  3. adj. being abruptly enlarged and globose at the tip
  4. n. the wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metacarpus
  5. 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.
  6. n. the wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metacarpus s. being abruptly enlarged and globose at the tip