释义 |
scu·tel·lar·ia \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 |