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1. having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties

2. European scilla with small blue or purple flowers

1. : a squill (Urginea maritima)

2. : a small delicate European herb (Scilla verna) with fragrant blue flowers in clusters that resemble corymbs

1. Also called sea squill. a Mediterranean plant, Urginea maritima, of the lily family, yielding medicinal squill.

2. a squill, Scilla verna, of the Isle of Wight, having narrow leaves and clusters of violet flowers.

[1350-1400; ME]

sea onion noun

The sea squill

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sea onion,

a plant of the lily family; squill: »

The sea onion grows around the Mediterranean Sea (Harold N. Moldenke).