Definition of Mad-dog skullcap

1. Noun. An American mint that yields a resinous exudate used especially formerly as an antispasmodic.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Mad-dog Skullcap

maculing
maculocerebral
maculoerythematous
maculomancy
maculopapular
maculopapule
maculopathies
maculopathy
maculose
macumba
macumbas
macushla
mad
mad-apple
mad-apples
mad-dog skullcap (current term)
mad-dog weed
mad apple
mad as a March hare
mad as a cut snake
mad as a fish
mad as a hatter
mad cow
mad dogs and Englishmen
mad for it
mad hatter
mad hatters
mad itch
mad man

Literary usage of Mad-dog skullcap

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1876)
"... which under tho name of mad-dog skullcap was some years ago used as a pretended remedy for hydrophobia. Tho plants are of interest to the botanist, ..."

2. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"... which under the name of mad-dog skullcap was some years ago used as a pretended remedy for hydrophobia. The plants are of interest to the botanist, ..."

3. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Scutellaria lateriflora L. mad-dog skullcap Herbaceous perennial Wet woods, bogs, lake margins, river banks, floodplains and swampy pastures. ..."

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