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skullcap
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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
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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)
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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
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Skullcap
(n.)
The Lophiomys.
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.
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.
A cap which fits the head closely; also, formerly, a headpiece of iron sewed inside of a cap for protection.
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SKULLCAP
PAPALINA. ZUCCHETTO
