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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



... Queen said. She smiled, and put up a hand to pat at her white hair under the Elizabethan skullcap. "I think I should like to go to the Palace," she said. "After all, isn't that where a Queen ...
— Brain Twister • Gordon Randall Garrett
... blurred by the still-resistant chocolate mouse, and he was compelled to point before Solly Gumble divined his wish. The merchant debated, removing his skullcap, smoothing his grizzled fringe of curls, fitting the cap on again deliberately. Then he turned to survey the bird, seemingly with an interest newly wakened. It was indeed a beautiful bird, brilliantly blue, with sparkling eyes; a bit dusty, ...
— The Wrong Twin • Harry Leon Wilson
... a new strength to my arm. My nerves were tingling and I was a-pulse with the times. All men were my brothers. Save one—yes, save one. I would go back and wreck the establishment. I would disrupt that leather-bound volume, violate that black skullcap, burn the accounts. But before fancy could father the act, I recollected myself and all which had passed. Nor did I marvel at my new-horn might, at my ancient dignity which had returned. There was a tinkling chink as I ran the yellow pieces through my fingers, and with the golden music ...
— Revolution and Other Essays • Jack London


Words linked to "Skullcap" :   yarmelke, braincase, os, cranium, bone, cap, herbaceous plant, helmetflower, yarmulke, beanie, yarmulka, blue skullcap, herb, beany, calvaria, coif


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