HyperDic: sea_onion

English > 2 senses of the expression sea onion:
NOUNplantsea onion, sea squill, squill, Urginea maritimahaving dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties
plantsea onion, spring squill, Scilla vernaEuropean scilla with small blue or purple flowers
English > sea onion: 2 senses > noun 1, plant
MeaningHaving dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties.
Synonymssea squill, squill, Urginea maritima
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
English > sea onion: 2 senses > noun 2, plant
MeaningEuropean scilla with small blue or purple flowers.
Synonymsspring squill, Scilla verna
Broaderscilla, squillAn Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers

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