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 Skull·cap 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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 mad-dog skullcap
      n : an American mint that yields a resinous exudate used
          especially formerly as an antispasmodic [syn: blue
          pimpernel, blue skullcap, mad-dog weed, Scutellaria
          lateriflora]