单词 | red squill |
释义 | red squill in American English1. a variety of sea onion having red bulbs which yield a powder used chiefly in rat poison 2. this powder red squill in American Englishnoun a variety of squill whose bulbs are red, used chiefly as a rat poison Word origin [1730–40]This word is first recorded in the period 1730–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: chenille, modernism, optimism, secret service, thesaurus |
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