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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A European bulbous liliaceous plant, of the genus Scilla, used in medicine for its acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties
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 sea onion (Drimia maritima)
4. 4
   having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties wordnet
5. 5
   A mantis shrimp, Squilla mantis, from the Mediterranean

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6. 6
   bulb of the sea squill, which is sliced, dried, and used as an expectorant wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

red squillscillascillasea onionsea squillsea squill

Etymology

From French scille, from Latin scilla. Doublet of scilla.

Related phrases

Portuguese squillred squillsea squillmantis shrimp

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