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Scutellaria lateriflora   Listen
Scutellaria lateriflora

noun
1.
An American mint that yields a resinous exudate used especially formerly as an antispasmodic.  Synonyms: blue pimpernel, blue skullcap, mad-dog skullcap, mad-dog weed.





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"Scutellaria lateriflora" Quotes from Famous Books



... when bruised"—Scutellaria lateriflora—Skullcap. The name refers to the red juice which comes out of the stalk when bruised or chewed. A decoction of the four varieties of G[^u]nigwal[)i][']sk[)i]—S. lateriflora, S. pilosa, Hypericum corymbosum, and Stylosanthes ...
— The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees • James Mooney


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