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skullcap
n.
small brimless cap which covers the top of the head (often worn for religious reasons); any of a number of plants in which the calyx develops into a helmet-like shape
Skullcap
Skullcap or
skull cap may refer to:
- Calvaria (skull), the top part of the skull, in human (or other vertebrate animal) anatomy.
- Certain types of headgear:
(head garments in costumery)- Beanie (seamed cap), a brimless cap popular among school age boys from the 1920s to the early 1940s
- Gua pi mao (), a hat commonly worn in the Qing dynasty
- A Kippah or yarmulke, is a small cloth skullcap usually worn by Jewish men of most denominations while at prayer, some Jewish women at prayer, and Orthodox men at all times.
- Kufi, or kofia, a skullcap worn primarily by men of West African heritage
- Taqiyah (cap), a skullcap worn by some Muslim men
- Tubeteika, a Central Asian cap
- Tuque, a knit hat
- Zucchetto, worn by Catholic clergy (including the Pope)
- Biretta, a square or triangular black cap, forming part of some clerical, academic or legal dress
- Jeep cap, originating with the US Army, and popular among some skateboarders
- Calotte (Belgium)
skullcap
Noun
1. rounded brimless cap fitting the crown of the head
(hypernym) cap
(hyponym) beanie, beany
2. the dome of the skull
(synonym) calvaria
(hypernym) bone, os
(part-holonym) cranium, braincase, brainpan
Skullcap
(n.)
The Lophiomys.
(n.)
Any plant of the labiate genus Scutellaria, the calyx of whose flower appears, when inverted, like a helmet with the visor raised.
(n.)
A cap which fits the head closely; also, formerly, a headpiece of iron sewed inside of a cap for protection.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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