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scilla

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scilla [ˈsɪlə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any liliaceous plant of the genus Scilla, of Old World temperate regions, having small bell-shaped flowers See also squill [3]
[via Latin from Greek skilla; compare squill]
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Noun1.scilla - an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowersscilla - an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers
liliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
genus Scilla - sometimes placed in subfamily Hyacinthaceae
Scilla verna, spring squill, sea onion - European scilla with small blue or purple flowers


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