n. A genus of liliaceous plants, type of the tribe Scilleæ.
n. [l. c] In the United States and British pharmacopœias, the sliced bulb of Urginea Scilla; squill. It is used in medicine as an expectorant and diuretic.
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n. an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers
Word Usage
"The flower bed is blue from scilla now, with spots of white snowball primula and a few tulips and a single daffodil."