SKULLCAP

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A cap which fits the head closely; also, formerly, a headpiece of iron sewed inside of a cap for protection.

2.
n.

Any plant of the labiate genus Scutellaria, the calyx of whose flower appears, when inverted, like a helmet with the visor raised.

3.
n.

The Lophiomys. Mad-dog skullcap (Bot.), an American herb (Scetellaria lateriflora) formerly prescribed as a cure for hydrophobia.


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