ˌsk(y)üd. ə lˈa(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