scetellaria lateriflora

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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]

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