sea squill

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sea squill

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sea onion

n
(Plants) a Mediterranean liliaceous plant, Urginea maritima, having dense spikes of small white flowers, and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties
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Noun1.sea squill - having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal propertiessea squill - having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties
sea onion, Urginea maritima, squill
liliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
genus Urginea, Urginea - Mediterranean liliaceous plants; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae
squill - bulb of the sea squill, which is sliced, dried, and used as an expectorant
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Rydach chi'ch dau yn gywir - mae Urginea maritima a Scilla maritima yn enwau gwyddonol sy'n cael eu defnyddio ac yn cael ei alw'n 'sea squill' a 'sea onion' yn Saesneg.
Mes si,p rhyfedd yn peri penbleth; LLxN Y LLYSIAU
The common snowdrop, Galanthus, and Colchicum, Hyacinths and Ornithogalum all have toxins in their bulbs, while sea squill bulbs are used in rat poison.
Danger in the garden; HOME TRUTHS John Humphries
The common snowdrop, galanthus, colchicum, hyacinths and ornithogalum all have toxins concentrated in bulbs, that extracted from another, sea squill, is used to make rat poison.
Gardening: Watch out for plants that harbour poisonous seeds, bulbs, foliage or berries
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