MAD-DOG SKULLCAP


Meaning of MAD-DOG SKULLCAP in English

/mad"dawg', -dog'/ , Bot.

a North American skullcap, Scutellaria lateriflora, having underground stems and one-sided clusters of blue to white flowers.

[ 1815-25, Amer.; so called because it was formerly used as an antispasmodic ]

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