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| squill [ skwil ] (plural squills) |
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1. plant with small drooping flowers: a plant grown from a bulb. Flowers: small, blue, white, pink, or purple, drooping. Native to: Europe, Asia, Africa. Genus Scilla, Pushkinia.
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2. plants
Same as sea onion
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3. pharmacology dried bulb of sea onion: dried slices of a sea onion's bulb. Use: formerly, expectorant, diuretic.
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| [14th century. Via Latin squilla "shrimp, squill" < Greek skilla] |
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