Squill

What do we mean by squill?

Any of several plants of the genus Urginea of Africa and Eurasia, especially the Mediterranean species U. maritima, having a large bulb and lanceolate leaves. noun

A powder prepared from the dried inner scales of the bulbs of U. maritima, used as rat poison and formerly as a cardiac stimulant, expectorant, and diuretic. noun

The medicinal bulb of Urginea Scilla, or the plant itself; the officinal squill. See Urginea. noun

Any plant of the genus Scilla (which see). noun

A stomatopodous crustacean of the genus Squilla or family Squillidæ; a mantis-shrimp or squill-fish. See cuts under mantis-shrimp and Squillidæ. noun

An insect so called from its resemblance to the preceding; a mantis. Also called squill-insect. noun

A European bulbous liliaceous plant (Urginea maritima, formerly Scilla maritima), of acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties, used in medicine. Called also sea onion. noun

Any bulbous plant of the genus Scilla. noun

A squilla. noun

A mantis. noun

A European bulbous liliaceous plant, of the genus Scilla, used in medicine for its acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties noun

A mantis shrimp, Squilla mantis, from the Mediterranean noun

An Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers noun

Bulb of the sea squill, which is sliced, dried, and used as an expectorant noun

Having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties noun

A European bulbous liliaceous plant, of the genus Scilla, used in medicine for its acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties

A sea onion (Drimia maritima)

A mantis shrimp, Squilla mantis, from the Mediterranean

Words that are spelled similarly to squill:
squill, squall, quill, squirl.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word squill:
scilla, perennial, flowering, caucasus, flowers, genus, plant, plants, native, species, sea, common, particularly, africa, red, form, family, white, western, book, found.

Words that rhyme with squill:
will, null, dull, mull, cull, lull, gull, hull, skull, scull, seagull, cul, ul, tull, trull, stull, gul, sul, laughing gull, crull, yul, krull, leful, strull, ruhl, guhl, chul, shull, kuhl, kull, woodhull, herring gull, sea gull, ivory gull, mew gull, muhl, krul, uhl, juhl, dulle, thul, puhl, bruhl, earfull, fs will, goksel, schmuhl, smull, thull.

Adjectives that are often used to describe squill:
red, powdered, white, siberian, medicinal, vernal, blue, indian, striped, fresh, european, autumnal, leaved, scilla, chopped, ordinary, official, officinal, dry, peruvian, liquid, maritime, repeated.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective squill:
head.

Consonant match to squill:
squall, squeal, squail.

Words that sound like squill:
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