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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: sea onion (0.01510 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to sea onion.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: sea onion
sea onion
n 1: having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a
bulb with medicinal properties [syn:
sea squill,
squill,
Urginea maritima]
2: European scilla with small blue or purple flowers [syn:
spring squill
,
Scilla verna]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: sea onion
Squill
\Squill\ (skw[i^]l), n. [F. squille (also scille a
squill, in sense 1), L. squilla, scilla, Gr. ?.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A European bulbous liliaceous plant (
Urginea maritima
, formerly
Scilla maritima), of acrid,
expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties, used in
medicine. Called also
sea onion.
(b) Any bulbous plant of the genus
Scilla; as, the
bluebell squill (
Scilla mutans).
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A squilla.
(b) A mantis.
[1913 Webster]
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