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Squill

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Noun

1. squill

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

2. sea onion, sea squill, squill, urginea maritima

having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties

3. scilla, squill

an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Squill

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noun
1.  sea squill
2. 
the bulb of the sea squill, formerly used medicinally as an expectorant after being sliced and dried
3. 
any Old World liliaceous plant of the genus Scilla, such as S. verna (spring squill) of Europe, having small blue or purple flowers

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Squill

see synonyms of squill
noun
1. 
sea onion
2. 
scilla

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Squill

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n.
1.
a. Any of several plants of the genus Urginea of Africa and Eurasia, especially the Mediterranean species U. maritima, having a large bulb and lanceolate leaves.
b. A powder prepared from the dried inner scales of the bulbs of U. maritima, used as rat poison and formerly as a cardiac stimulant, expectorant, and diuretic.
2. See scilla.

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