Home › Words › C › capillitiumcapillitiumcapillitium means A mass of sterile fibers within a fruiting body interspersed among spores.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, capillitium ranks #1,189 of 42,789 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom New Latin, from Latin, “hair (collectively)”, from capillus.nounA mass of sterile fibers within a fruiting body interspersed among spores.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.capillitial 69% match — Relating to the capillitium. vs capillitium →capillament 63% match — A filament. vs capillitium →capillature 60% match — A bush of hair; frizzing of the hair. vs capillitium →stercomare 60% match — A mass of stercomata in an organic tube vs capillitium →caulohymenium 59% match — A fruiting layer in some fungi vs capillitium →catahymenium 59% match — A hymenium characterized by the presence of sterile structures and the absence of a subhymenium. vs capillitium →capitellate 59% match — Having a very small knob-like termination, or collected into minute capitula. vs capillitium →capillate 58% match — Resembling a hair; capillaceous. vs capillitium →