HyperDic: scilla

English > 1 sense of the word *scilla*:
NOUN	plant	scilla, squill	an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers

scilla > pronunciation
Sounds	sih'lah
Rhymes	Abila ... Zola: 109 rhymes with lah...

English > *scilla*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	An Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers.
Synonym	squill
Member of	genus Scilla	sometimes placed in subfamily Hyacinthaceae
Narrower	spring squill, Scilla verna, sea onion	European scilla with small blue or purple flowers
Broader	liliaceous plant	plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
Spanish	albarranilla, scilla
Catalan	scilla