mad-dog skullcap
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- an American mint that yields a resinous exudate used especially formerly as an antispasmodicSynonyms: blue pimpernelblue skullcapmad-dog skullcapmad-dog weedScutellaria lateriflora
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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. [1913 Webster]
2.(Bot.) Any plant of the labiate genus Scutellaria, the calyx of whose flower appears, when inverted, like a helmet with the visor raised. [1913 Webster]
3.(Zool.) The Lophiomys. [1913 Webster]
Mad-dog skullcap (Bot.), an American herb (Scetellaria lateriflora) formerly prescribed as a cure for hydrophobia. [1913 Webster]
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]