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Definition of Skullcap

Skullcap
Skullcap Skull"cap`, n. 1. A cap which fits the head closely; also, formerly, a headpiece of iron sewed inside of a cap for protection. 2. (Bot.) Any plant of the labiate genus Scutellaria, the calyx of whose flower appears, when inverted, like a helmet with the visor raised. 3. (Zo["o]l.) The Lophiomys. Mad-dog skullcap (Bot.), an American herb (Scetellaria lateriflora) formerly prescribed as a cure for hydrophobia.

Meaning of Skullcap from wikipedia

- Look up skullcap in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Skullcap or skull cap usually refers to various types of headgear. Specifically it may refer to:...
- flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. They are known commonly as skullcaps. The generic name is derived from the Latin scutella, meaning "a small...
- Galerina marginata, known colloquially as funeral bell, deadly skullcap, autumn skullcap or deadly galerina, is a species of extremely poisonous mushroom-forming...
- Scutellaria baicalensis, with the common name Baikal skullcap or Chinese skullcap, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. The plant is...
- Scutellaria lateriflora, (commonly "blue skullcap", "mad dog skullcap", "American skullcap", "side-flowering skullcap", etc.) is a hardy perennial herb of...
- Scutellaria montana, with the common names largeflower skullcap, large-flowered skullcap and mountain skullcap, is a perennial forb first described by Alvan Chapman...
- Scutellaria galericulata, the common skullcap, marsh skullcap or hooded skullcap, is a hardy perennial herb native to northern areas of the Northern Hemisphere...
- Scutellaria brittonii, also known at Britton's skullcap, is a flowering perennial native to Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Nebraska, and Kansas in the...
- Scutellaria ocmulgee, commonly known as Ocmulgee skullcap, is a species of herbaceous perennial plant found only in the Savannah River (South Carolina...
- officially a pileolus, is a small, hemispherical, form-****ing ecclesiastical skullcap worn by clerics of various Catholic Churches, the Syriac Orthodox Church...