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squill
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun squill has 3 senses
- squill(n = noun.plant) Array - bulb of the sea squill, which is sliced, dried, and used as an expectorant; Array is a part of sea onion, sea squill, squill, urginea maritima
- squill(n = noun.plant) sea onion, sea squill, urginea maritima - having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties; Array is a kind of liliaceous plant
- squill(n = noun.plant) scilla - an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers; Array is a kind of liliaceous plant
is a kind of bulb
is a member of genus urginea, urginea
has parts: squill
is a member of genus scilla
has particulars: scilla verna, sea onion, spring squill
CIDE DICTIONARY
squill, n. [F. squille (also scille a squill, in sense 1), L. squilla, scilla, Gr. .].
- A European bulbous liliaceous plant (
Urginea maritima , formerlyScilla maritima ), of acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties, used in medicine. Called alsosea onion . [1913 Webster] - A squilla. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
squill, n.
1 any bulbous plant of the genus Scilla, esp. S. autumnalis.
2 a seashore plant, Urginea maritima, having bulbs used in diuretic and purgative preparations. Also called sea onion.
3 any crustacean of the genus Squilla.
1 any bulbous plant of the genus Scilla, esp. S. autumnalis.
2 a seashore plant, Urginea maritima, having bulbs used in diuretic and purgative preparations. Also called sea onion.
3 any crustacean of the genus Squilla.
Etymology
ME f. L squilla, scilla f. Gk skilla
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