Meaning

noun bulb of the sea squill, which is sliced, dried, and used as an expectorant

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

noun an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers

originFrom French scille, from Latin scilla. Doublet of scilla.

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