What is "liberty cap"

Phrygian cap \Phryg"i*an cap`\ A close-fitting cap represented in Greek art as worn by Orientals, assumed to have been conical in shape. It has been adopted in modern art as the so-called liberty cap, or cap of liberty.

n. 1 a brimless felt cap, such as the Phrygian cap or pileus, emblematic of a slave's manumission in the Ancient World. 2 a magic mushroom, ''Psilocybe semilanceata''

n. close-fitting conical cap worn as a symbol of liberty during the French Revolution and in the U.S. before 1800

Chiefly it refers to:

• liberty cap, a brimless felt cap, such as the Phrygian cap or pileus, emblematic of a slave's manumission in the Ancient World.

The phrase may also refer to:

• Liberty Cap, a celebrated granite dome in Yosemite National Park
• Liberty Cap, an unusual hot spring in Yellowstone National Park
• Liberty Cap, a prominent peak on Mount Rainier
• The liberty cap ( Psilocybe semilanceata), a psychedelic mushroom
• The Liberty Cap Large Cent

Liberty Cap is a granite dome in Yosemite National Park, California, USA which lies at the extreme northwestern margin of Little Yosemite Valley. It lies adjacent, to the north of Nevada Fall, on the John Muir Trail. It rises feet from the base of Nevada Fall to a peak elevation of . A smaller, mesa-like dome called Mount Broderick stands immediately adjacent to Liberty Cap.