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scilla
scil·la P0638000 (sĭl′ə)n. Any of several bulbous Eurasian and African plants of the genus Scilla, having narrow leaves and cultivated for their bell-shaped blue, white, or pink flowers. Also called squill.
[New Latin Scilla, genus name, from Latin scilla, squill (Urginea maritima); see squill.]scilla (ˈsɪlə) n (Plants) any liliaceous plant of the genus Scilla, of Old World temperate regions, having small bell-shaped flowers. See also squill3[C19: via Latin from Greek skilla; compare squill]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  scilla - an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowerssquillliliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tubergenus Scilla - sometimes placed in subfamily HyacinthaceaeScilla verna, spring squill, sea onion - European scilla with small blue or purple flowers |
Scilla
Scilla (squill), a genus of perennial early-spring bulbous herbs of the family Liliaceae. The leaves are in a radical cluster. The flowers, which are mostly dark or light blue, are solitary or in a raceme at the apex of a leafless stem. The perianth is campanulate or rotate and has six segments. The fruit is a capsule. There are about 60 species, distributed predominantly in the Mediterranean region. The USSR has 13 species, growing mainly in the Caucasus. S. sibirica grows in forests, along forest edges, and in thickets. A number of species, including S. bifolia, S. hyacinthoides, and S. sibirica, are cultivated as ornamentals. Occasionally species of the genera Hepatica and Mercurialis are called squill. scilla
squill (skwil), The cut and dried fleshy inner scales of the bulb of the white variety of Urginea maritima (Mediterranean squill), or of U. indica (Indian squill) (family Liliaceae); the central portion of the bulb is excluded during its processing; squill contains cardiac glycosides (scillaren-A and scillaren-B) and scillaricide, a rodenticide. Synonym(s): scilla [L. squilla or scilla] scilla
Synonyms for scillanoun an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowersSynonymsRelated Words- liliaceous plant
- genus Scilla
- Scilla verna
- spring squill
- sea onion
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