Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several bulbous Eurasian and African plants of the genus Scilla, having narrow leaves and cultivated for their bell-shaped blue, white, or pink flowers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of liliaceous plants, type of the tribe Scilleæ.
- noun [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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun botany A plant of the genus
Scilla ; asquill . - noun pharmacology A
bulb of Urginea scilla.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The flower bed is blue from scilla now, with spots of white snowball primula and a few tulips and a single daffodil.
Garden work magnio 2009
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Some of the small early bulbs do well in shade too, esp. scilla.
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The latter are at the end of the season now, the scilla at the top.
A little roundup again. magnio 2008
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The caption under it reads “Scilla peruviana in bloom”, the grass is shown to the left of the scilla.
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In the flower bed we have lots of blue scilla, plus crocus and Snowdrops.
A little roundup again. magnio 2008
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At the mouth swallowed or not swallowed: If swallowed liquid or solid: liquid, as compound wine of hellebore, scilla or sea-onion, senna,
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Later on a mass of blue scilla surrounds the foot of the tree and the headstone and it looks as if the unknown Huckins was buried underwater.
Incubus Arensberg, Ann, 1937- 1999
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In the scilla there is no corona, neither a tube, but the petal-like sepals or divisions of the perianth are entire, going to the base of the flower.
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Poet's narcissus flowered and this scilla scilla planted together bloom at same time
The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. Ellen Eddy Shaw
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The warm sunshine soon brought out the scilla and crocus, almost carpeting the whole bed.
treeseed commented on the word scilla
any of a genus (Scilla) of Old World bulbous herbs of the lily family with narrow basal leaves and purple, blue, or white racemose flowers
January 24, 2008
knitandpurl commented on the word scilla
"Angelica sniffed the darkness. "Cigars."
It could have been scillas for all Tonino cared."
The Magicians of Caprona by Diana Wynne Jones, p 158
March 15, 2014