skullcap
IPA: skˈʌɫkæp
noun
- A small domed cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck.
- A yarmulke-like hat worn as an element of ghetto fashion.
- (anatomy) The calvaria, the top part of the skull, covering the cranial cavity containing the brain.
- (botany) Any of several species of flowering plants of the genus Scutellaria, in the Lamiaceae family.
- (historical) A torture device for compressing the skull.
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Examples of "skullcap" in Sentences
- A black skullcap was his only stark adornment.
- It is a direct descendant of the pilus skullcap.
- A few shots of the skullcap were kept in the film.
- Can also be known as the skullcap or even calvaria.
- Among them is the endangered large flowered skullcap.
- A male dog wears a specific yarmulke, a thin skullcap.
- Skullcap is considered to be a sedative and nerve tonic.
- Because of this, Connors had to simulate baldness with a skullcap.
- Skullcap is extremely cold and insidious though not particularly cunning.
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