squill

English

Scilla siberica (sense 1)

Drimia maritima (sense 2)

Etymology

From French scille, from Latin scilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skwɪl/
• Rhymes: -ɪl

Noun

squill (plural squills)

1. A European bulbous liliaceous plant, of the genus Scilla, used in medicine for its acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties
2. A sea onion (Drimia maritima)
3. A mantis shrimp, , from the Mediterranean

Synonyms

• squilla

Translations

plant of the genus Scilla

• Czech: ladoňka f
• Finnish: sinililja (fi)
• French: scille (fr) f
• German: Blaustern m
• Greek:

  Ancient: σκίλλα f (skílla)

• Hungarian: csillagvirág (hu)
• Irish: sciolla m
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• Italian: scilla f
• Polish: cebulica (pl) f
• Portuguese: scilla f
• Romanian: viorea (ro) f, scila f
• Spanish: escila f
• Swedish: scilla (sv) c, blåstjärna (sv) c
• Tagalog: esila

mantis shrimp

• Italian: canocchia (it) f
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