Scutellaria

Scutellaria
noun
an asterid dicot genus that includes the skullcaps
Syn: ↑genus Scutellaria
Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Labiatae, ↑family Labiatae, ↑Lamiaceae, ↑family Lamiaceae, ↑mint family

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\\ˌsk(y)üd.əlˈa(a)rēə\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin scutella drinking bowl + New Latin -aria — more at scuttle
1. : a very large widely distributed genus of herbs (family Labiatae) having purple, blue, pink, red, yellow, or white, flowers either axillary or in a terminal raceme and a bilabiate calyx with a scale or a helmetlike appendage above — see skullcap
2. -s : the dried overground portion of the mad-dog skullcap used especially formerly as a bitter tonic, antispasmodic, and stomachic

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