1.
[syn: blue pimpernel, blue skullcap, mad-dog skullcap, mad-dog weed, Scutellaria lateriflora]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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2. (Bot.) Any plant of the labiate genus Scutellaria, the
calyx of whose flower appears, when inverted, like a
helmet with the visor raised.
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3. (Zool.) The Lophiomys.
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Mad-dog skullcap (Bot.), an American herb (Scetellaria
lateriflora) formerly prescribed as a cure for
hydrophobia.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
mad-dog skullcap \mad-dog skullcap\, mad-dog weed \mad-dog
weed\n. (Bot.)
An American mint (Scutellaria lateriflora) that yields a
resinous exudate used esp. formerly as an antispasmodic.
Syn: blue pimpernel, blue skullcap, Scutellaria
lateriflora.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mad-dog skullcap
n 1: an American mint that yields a resinous exudate used
especially formerly as an antispasmodic [syn: blue
pimpernel, blue skullcap, mad-dog skullcap, mad-dog
weed, Scutellaria lateriflora]