Skullcap
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Skullcap or skull cap usually refers to various types of headgear. Specifically it may refer to:
Headwear
[edit]- Beanie (seamed cap)
- Biretta, forming part of some clerical, academic or legal dress
- Calotte (Belgium), a skullcap worn by students at Catholic universities in Belgium
- Capeline, worn under civilian hats during early modern periods
- Cervelliere, a medieval metal helmet
- Jeep cap
- Kerchief or durag, as stereotypically worn by pirates and often featuring actual skull print
- Kippah or yarmulke, worn by Jewish men
- Kufi, worn primarily by men of West African heritage
- Scrub cap, worn by healthcare professionals while performing procedures
- Scrum cap, worn by rugby players
- Sindhi cap worn by Sindhi people of Pakistan, and others
- Taqiyah (cap), worn by some Muslim men
- Tubeteika, a Central Asian cap
- Tuque, a knit hat
- Zucchetto, worn by Catholic clergy
Plants
[edit]- Galerina marginata, a poisonous mushroom also known as "deadly skullcap" or "autumn skullcap"
- Scutellaria, a genus of flowering plants also known as "skullcaps"
- Scutellaria baicalensis ("Baikal skullcap", "Chinese skullcap"), an herb native to eastern Asia
- Scutellaria lateriflora ("blue skullcap", "American skullcap", "mad dog skullcap", "side-flowering skullcap"), a perennial herb native to North America
See also
[edit]- Calvaria (skull), the top part of the skull