mad-dog skullcap

3 definitions found

mad-dog skullcap - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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     2. (Bot.) Any plant of the labiate genus Scutellaria, the
        calyx of whose flower appears, when inverted, like a
        helmet with the visor raised.
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     3. (Zool.) The Lophiomys.
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     Mad-dog skullcap (Bot.), an American herb (Scetellaria  lateriflora
        ) formerly prescribed as a cure for
        hydrophobia.
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  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]

mad-dog skullcap - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  mad-dog skullcap
      n 1: 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]