HyperDic: urginea_maritima

English > 1 sense of the expression Urginea maritima:
NOUNplantUrginea maritima, sea squill, sea onion, squillhaving dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties
English > Urginea maritima: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningHaving dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties.
Synonymssea squill, sea onion, squill
Member ofUrginea, genus UrgineaMediterranean liliaceous plants
Partssquillbulb of the sea squill, which is sliced, dried, and used as an expectorant
Broaderliliaceous plantplant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
CatalanUrginea maritima

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