skullcap

[ skuhl-kap ]

/ ˈskʌlˌkæp /

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noun

a small, brimless close-fitting cap, often made of silk or velvet, worn on the crown of the head, as for religious functions.

the domelike roof of the skull.

Botany. any of various plants belonging to the genus Scutellaria, of the mint family, having a calyx resembling a helmet.

Origin of skullcap

First recorded in 1675–85; skull + cap¹

Words nearby skullcap

skulduggery, skulk, skull, skull and crossbones, skull session, skullcap, skullduggery, skunk, skunk cabbage, skunk river, skunk works

Example sentences from the Web for skullcap

No one outside his inner circle had been made aware, because the cut could be hidden under his skullcap.

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He does not wear a skullcap, the most prominent marker of Orthodox observance.

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And there this year was Melching, translating again, but this time the deep voice of Demba Diawara, an elderly imam in a skullcap.

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We can understand, therefore, why Plumard screamed aloud when Bahuchet tried to remove his skullcap.

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Mera is represented wearing a different head-dress in each figure; in one he has a short wig, in the other a skullcap.

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She had expected to find an old man with spectacles and a skullcap, the typical pawnbroker one sees in the moving pictures.

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At one time he had had a fancy, for his health, to wear a sort of skullcap.

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British Dictionary definitions for skullcap

skullcap

/ (ˈskʌlˌkæp) /

noun

a rounded brimless hat fitting the crown of the head

the nontechnical name for calvaria

any of various perennial plants of the genus Scutellaria, esp S. galericulata, that typically have helmet-shaped flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)

Medical definitions for skullcap

skullcap

[ skŭl′kăp′ ]

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calvaria

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