HyperDic: sea_squill

English > 1 sense of the expression sea squill:
NOUNplantsea squill, sea onion, squill, Urginea maritimahaving dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties
English > sea squill: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningHaving dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties.
Synonymssea onion, 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

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