| NOUN | plant | squill | bulb of the sea squill, which is sliced, dried, and used as an expectorant |
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| plant | squill, sea squill, sea onion, Urginea maritima | having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties | |
| plant | squill, scilla | an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers |
| Meaning | bulb of the sea squill, which is sliced, dried, and used as an expectorant. | |
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| Part of | sea squill, sea onion, squill, Urginea maritima | Having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties |
| Broader | bulb | A modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure |
| Meaning | Having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties. | |
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| Synonyms | sea squill, sea onion, Urginea maritima | |
| Member of | Urginea, genus Urginea | Mediterranean liliaceous plants |
| Parts | squill | bulb of the sea squill, which is sliced, dried, and used as an expectorant |
| Broader | liliaceous plant | plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber |
| Catalan | Urginea maritima | |
| Meaning | An Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers. | |
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| Synonym | scilla | |
| 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 | |
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