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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A plant of the genus Scilla; a squill.
2. 2
   an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers wordnet
3. 3
   A bulb of Urginea scilla.

   "Scilla, or sea onyon, hot and dry in the third degree."

Synonyms

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squillsquill

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"Scilla, or sea onyon, hot and dry in the third degree."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scilla, from Ancient Greek σκίλλα (skílla). Doublet of squill.

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