Definition of squill
English to English noun - bulb of the sea squill, which is sliced, dried, and used as an expectorant
source: WordNet 3.0 - having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties
source: WordNet 3.0 - an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers
source: WordNet 3.0 - A European bulbous liliaceous plant (Urginea, formerly Scilla, maritima), of acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties used in medicine. Called also sea onion.
source: Webster 1913
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squill, squilla, squall, squail, sill, sull, squally, sea squill, sully, scull, silly, skill, shill, swill, sulla, skull, squiggle, sequella, squiggly, skilly
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