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Squill

noun
1.
Bulb of the sea squill, which is sliced, dried, and used as an expectorant.
2.
Having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties.  Synonyms: sea onion, sea squill, Urginea maritima.
3.
An Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers.  Synonym: scilla.



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... one ill—of heartburn. You note it, I presume, Morson? Go quick, and fetch a squill from some ...
— Theocritus • Theocritus


Words linked to "Squill" :   Scilla verna, indigo squill, genus Scilla, genus Urginea, Urginea, sea squill, liliaceous plant, bulb


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