'Mad-dog skullcap' definitions:
Definition of 'mad-dog skullcap'
(from WordNet)
noun
An American mint that yields a resinous exudate used especially formerly as an antispasmodic [syn: blue pimpernel, blue skullcap, mad-dog skullcap, mad-dog weed, Scutellaria lateriflora]
Definition of 'Mad-dog skullcap'
From: 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]
Definition of 'mad-dog skullcap'
From: GCIDE
- mad-dog skullcap \mad-dog skullcap\, mad-dog weed \mad-dog weed\n. (Bot.) An American mint (Scutellaria lateriflora) that yields a resinous exudate used esp. formerly as an antispasmodic.
- Syn: blue pimpernel, blue skullcap, {Scutellaria lateriflora}. [WordNet 1.5]