sea squill

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sea squill, onion

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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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sea 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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