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squill


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Squill  \Squill\,  n.  [F.  squille  (also  scille  a  squill,  in  sense 
  1),  L.  squilla,  scilla,  Gr  ?.] 
  1.  (Bot.) 
  a  A  European  bulbous  liliaceous  plant  ({Urginea, 
  formerly  Scilla,  maritima}),  of  acrid,  expectorant, 
  diuretic,  and  emetic  properties  used  in  medicine. 
  Called  also  {sea  onion}. 
  b  Any  bulbous  plant  of  the  genus  {Scilla};  as  the 
  bluebell  squill  ({S.  mutans}). 
 
  2.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  a  A  squilla. 
  b  A  mantis. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  squill 
  n  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  [syn:  {sea  squill},  {sea 
  onion},  {Urginea  maritima}] 
  3:  an  Old  World  plant  of  the  genus  Scilla  having  narrow  basal 
  leaves  and  pink  or  blue  or  white  racemose  flowers  [syn:  {scilla}] 




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