Mad-dog skullcap

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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}]

from The 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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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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}.
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