Hypertext Webster Gateway: "skullcap"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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. (Zo["o]l.) The Lophiomys.
{Mad-dog skullcap} (Bot.), an American herb ({Scetellaria
lateriflora}) formerly prescribed as a cure for
hydrophobia.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
skullcap
n 1: rounded brimless cap fitting the crown of the head
2: the dome of the skull [syn: {calvaria}]
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