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SKULLCAP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does skullcap mean? 

SKULLCAP (noun)
  The noun SKULLCAP has 3 senses:

1. rounded brimless cap fitting the crown of the headplay

2. a herbaceous plant of the genus Scutellaria which has a calyx that, when inverted, resembles a helmet with its visor raisedplay

3. the dome of the skullplay

  Familiarity information: SKULLCAP used as a noun is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


SKULLCAP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Rounded brimless cap fitting the crown of the head

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("skullcap" is a kind of...):

cap (a tight-fitting headdress)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "skullcap"):

beanie; beany (a small skullcap; formerly worn by schoolboys and college freshmen)

coif (a skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law)

yarmelke; yarmulka; yarmulke (a skullcap worn by religious Jews (especially at prayer))


Sense 2

Meaning:

A herbaceous plant of the genus Scutellaria which has a calyx that, when inverted, resembles a helmet with its visor raised

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

helmetflower; skullcap

Hypernyms ("skullcap" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)


Sense 3

Meaning:

The dome of the skull

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

calvaria; skullcap

Hypernyms ("skullcap" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Holonyms ("skullcap" is a part of...):

braincase; brainpan; cranium (the part of the skull that encloses the brain)


 Context examples 


Of or pertaining to the skullcap.

(Calvarial, NCI Thesaurus)



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