Urginea maritima
| Noun | 1. |  Urginea maritima - having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties |
| 单词 | urginea maritima | |||
| 释义 | Urginea maritima
Urginea maritimasea onionHerbal medicineA cabbage-like plant that grows in the sandy soils of the Mediterranean rim and South Africa. Of the two variants—red and white squill—the latter is of greater use as a herb, as it has less of the toxin scilliroside; the active principles in squill are antitussive, cardiotonic (due to scillarens A and B), diuretic and expectorant. Toxicity Scilliroside is a potent emetic, and was formerly used as a rat poison. Urginea maritima
Synonyms for Urginea maritima
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