skullcap Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun rounded brimless cap fitting the crown of the head
  2. noun a herbaceous plant of the genus Scutellaria which has a calyx that, when inverted, resembles a helmet with its visor raised
    helmetflower.
  3. noun the dome of the skull
    calvaria.

WordNet


Skull"cap` noun
Definitions
  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. (Zoöl.) The Lophiomys.

Webster 1913