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noun

Squill n.

(Bot.)

(a)

A European bulbous liliaceous plant (Urginea maritima, formerly Scilla maritima), of acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties, used in medicine. Called also sea onion.

(b)

Any bulbous plant of the genus Scilla; as, the bluebell squill (Scilla mutans).

(Zool.)

(a)

A squilla.

(b)

A mantis.

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Etymology of 'Squill'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Squill" Quotes from Famous Books

... respects perfectly formed, only his head was somewhat longish and out of proportion. For which reason almost all the images and statues that were made of him have the head covered with a helmet, the workmen apparently being willing not to expose him. The poets of Athens called him Schinocephalos, or squill-head, from schinos, a squill, or sea- onion. One of the comic poets, Cratinus, in the Chirons, tells ...

— Plutarch's Lives • A.H. Clough

Words linked to "Squill" : liliaceous plant, indigo squill, Scilla verna, sea onion, Urginea, sea squill, spring squill, genus Scilla, scilla, bulb, Urginea maritima