squill, n.
(squills)
(squills)
an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers
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scilla squill
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having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties
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Urginea maritima sea onion sea squill squill
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bulb of the sea squill, which is sliced, dried, and used as an expectorant
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squill