'Skullcap' definitions:
Definition of 'skullcap'
(from WordNet)
noun
Rounded brimless cap fitting the crown of the head
noun
A herbaceous plant of the genus Scutellaria which has a calyx that, when inverted, resembles a helmet with its visor raised [syn: skullcap, helmetflower]
noun
The dome of the skull [syn: calvaria, skullcap]
Definition of '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]