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





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"Skullcap" Quotes from Famous Books



... his knees and folded his hands, while the plump fingers of Father Anthony poised over that dark red hair, pressed smooth on top where the skullcap rested. The blessing which he spoke was Latin, and Father Victor looked somewhat anxiously toward his protege till the latter answered in a diction so pure that Cicero himself would ...
— Riders of the Silences • Max Brand


Words linked to "Skullcap" :   coif, beany, helmetflower, bone, yarmulka, blue skullcap, brainpan, cranium, os, beanie, cap, calvaria


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