|  squill 
 
 1. bulb of the sea squill, which is sliced, dried, and used as an expectorant
 • Hypernyms:
 bulb
 • Part Holonyms:
 sea squill, sea onion, Urginea maritima
 2. having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties
 • Syn:
 sea squill, sea onion, Urginea maritima
 • Hypernyms:
 liliaceous plant
 • Member Holonyms:
 Urginea, genus Urginea
 3. an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers
 • Syn:
 scilla
 • Hypernyms:
 liliaceous plant
 • Hyponyms:
 spring squill, Scilla verna, sea onion
 • Member Holonyms:
 genus Scilla
 
 
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