white 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.

sea onion

Herbal medicine
A 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.

单词	white squill
释义	DictionarySeesea onionEncyclopediaSeesquill white 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. sea onion Herbal medicine A 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.
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