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sea squill

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sea squill, onion
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(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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Noun1.sea squillsea 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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