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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 head
2. a herbaceous plant of the genus Scutellaria which has a calyx that, when inverted, resembles a helmet with its visor raised
Familiarity information: SKULLCAP used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
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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