scilla

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Noun

HYPHEN

scil=la

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun scilla has 1 sense

scilla(n = noun.plant) squill - an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers;

is a kind of liliaceous plant

is a member of genus scilla

has particulars: scilla verna, sea onion, spring squill

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

scilla, n. any liliaceous plant of the genus Scilla, related to the bluebell, usu. bearing small blue star-shaped or bell-shaped flowers and having long glossy straplike leaves.

Etymology

L f. Gk skilla