squill

English

Siberian squill (Scilla siberica) (sense 1)

Drimia maritima (sense 2)

Etymology

From French scille, from Latin scilla. Doublet of scilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skwɪl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪl

Noun

squill (plural squills)

1. A European bulbous liliaceous plant, of the genus Scilla, used in medicine for its acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties
2. A sea onion (Drimia maritima)
3. A mantis shrimp, Squilla mantis, from the Mediterranean

Synonyms

• squilla

Translations

plant of the genus Scilla

• Bulgarian: синчец m (sinčec)
• Catalan: escil·la f
• Czech: ladoňka f
• Finnish: sinililja (fi)
• French: scille (fr) f
• German: Blaustern m
• Greek:

  Ancient: σκίλλα f (skílla)

• Hungarian: csillagvirág (hu)
• Irish: sciolla m
• Italian: scilla f
• Latin: scilla f
• Polish: cebulica (pl) f
• Portuguese: scilla f
• Romanian: viorea (ro) f, scila f
• Spanish: escila f
• Swedish: scilla (sv) c, blåstjärna (sv) c
• Tagalog: esila
• Ukrainian: про́лісок m (prólisok)

plant of the genus Drimia

• Hebrew: חָצָב (he) m (chatzáv), חצב מצוי m (chatzáv matzúy)

mantis shrimp

• Bulgarian: скарида богомолка f (skarida bogomolka)
• Catalan: galera (ca) f
• Italian: canocchia (it) f

See also

• squill-gee

Anagrams

• quills