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red squill
red squilln.1. A variety of the squill Urginea maritima having reddish bulbs.2. A powder prepared from the bulbs of this plant and used as a rat poison.red′ squill′ n. a variety of squill with red bulbs used chiefly as a rat poison. [1730–40]
red squill
squill [skwil] 1. any of various plants of the genus Urginea, especially U. maritima or U. indica.2. the fleshy inner scales of the bulb of U. maritima or U. indica; a distinction is made between those with white bulbs (white squill) and those with red bulbs (red squill).red squill 1. a variety of Urginea maritima that has red bulbs.2. the fleshy inner scales of the bulb of this plant, a source of the cardiac glycoside scilliroside; it can cause convulsions or cardiac arrest and is used as a rodenticide.white squill 1. a variety of Urginea maritima that has white bulbs.2. the fleshy inner scales of the bulb of this plant; it contains several cardioactive glycosides.red squilln.1. A variety of the squill Urginea maritima having reddish bulbs.2. A powder prepared from the bulbs of this plant and used as a rat poison.scilliroside A potent emetic agent isolated from sea onion (Urginea maritima), once used as a rat poison. Scilliroside production was discontinued worldwide in 1980.ThesaurusSeesquill |