squill
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- noun
- /skwɪl/
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escila
- The herbalist prepared a remedy using the dried squill bulb, which has been known for its traditional medicinal properties.
Examples
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In early spring, the garden is filled with beautiful squill flowers that bloom in shades of blue and white.
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And then there's blue squill as well, which are just a really pretty clear blue color.
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So it starts early with some purplish pink crocus and squills in blue and white.
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I planted several squill bulbs last fall, and now they are starting to sprout green leaves in my yard.
Synonyms
A small spring plant with narrow leaves and blue, pink, or white flowers
A small European plant with narrow leaves and blue star shaped flowers that blooms in early spring
A small plant by the sea with blue or purple flowers in spring
A Mediterranean plant with tall spikes of small white flowers and a bulb used as medicine
A Mediterranean plant with tall stalks, white flower spikes, and a large bulb used in medicine
A North American plant with blue-violet star-shaped flowers that lives for many years
Compounds
A North American plant with blue-violet star-shaped flowers that lives for many years
- UK
A Mediterranean plant with tall spikes of small white flowers and a bulb used as medicine
How Medicinal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Squill comes from the old Greek name skilla, later Latin scilla, for a coastal bulb plant. People used the plant as medicine for a long time, so squill now means the wild, bulbous plant that often grows by the sea and makes spikes of flowers.