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squill S0685800 (skwĭl)n.1. a. 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.b. 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.2. See scilla.
[Middle English, from Latin scilla, squill (Urginea maritima), from Greek skilla.]squill (skwɪl) n1. (Plants) See sea squill2. (Pharmacology) the bulb of the sea squill, formerly used medicinally as an expectorant after being sliced and dried3. (Plants) any Old World liliaceous plant of the genus Scilla, such as S. verna (spring squill) of Europe, having small blue or purple flowers[C14: from Latin squilla sea onion, from Greek skilla, of obscure origin]squill (skwɪl)
n. 1. the bulb of the sea onion, Urginea maritima, of the lily family, cut into thin slices and dried: used esp. as an expectorant. 2. the plant itself. 3. any related plant of the genus Scilla. [1350–1400; Middle English < Latin squilla, variant of scilla < Greek skílla] squill′-like`, adj. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  squill - bulb of the sea squill, which is sliced, dried, and used as an expectorantsea onion, sea squill, Urginea maritima, squill - having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal propertiesbulb - a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure | | 2. |  squill - having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal propertiessea onion, sea squill, Urginea maritimaliliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tubergenus Urginea, Urginea - Mediterranean liliaceous plants; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceaesquill - bulb of the sea squill, which is sliced, dried, and used as an expectorant | | 3. |  squill - an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowersscillaliliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tubergenus Scilla - sometimes placed in subfamily HyacinthaceaeScilla verna, spring squill, sea onion - European scilla with small blue or purple flowers |
Translationssquill
squill, common name for two genera of Old World bulbous plants of the family Liliaceae (lilylily,
common name for the Liliaceae, a plant family numbering several thousand species of as many as 300 genera, widely distributed over the earth and particularly abundant in warm temperate and tropical regions.
..... Click the link for more information. family). The horticulturists' squill is any plant of the genus Scilla, mostly spring-blooming low herbs with commonly deep blue but also white, rose, or purplish flowers borne along a leafless stem; the leaves are usually narrow. Species of Scilla are naturalized and used in rock gardens and borders; of these, the Siberian squill (S. sibirica) has long been a rock-garden favorite. The wood, or wild, hyacinth, called also bluebell or harebell (S. nonscripta), is the common squill. The pharmacists' squill, or sea onion (Urginea maritima), produces whitish or rose flowers in the autumn before it produces leaves. Its bulbs, collected chiefly from the Mediterranean region, are sold as white or red squill—the white is a drug used as a diuretic, stimulant, and expectorant; the red is used mostly as a rat poison. Squill is classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Liliopsida, order Liliales, family Liliaceae.Squill (Urginea maritima), also sea onion, a perennial herbaceous plant of the family Liliaceae. It has a large bulb, weighing 3 kg or greater. The inflorescence is a many-flowered raceme on a long peduncle, or scape, which measures 50-150 cm. Squill grows wild in Mediterranean countries. The bulbs contain glycosides (for example, scillaren A), saponins, and other substances. Preparations from squill stimulate the cardiovascular system and urination. A powder prepared from the bulbs was formerly used in treating heart failure; in modern medicine it is rarely used. The bulbs and preparations from the red variety of squill are effective in rodent control. REFERENCEAtlas lekarstvennykh rastenii SSSR. Moscow, 1962.squill
squill1. See sea squill2. the bulb of the sea squill, formerly used medicinally as an expectorant after being sliced and dried 3. any Old World liliaceous plant of the genus Scilla, such as S. verna (spring squill) of Europe, having small blue or purple flowers squill
squill [skwil] 1. any of various plants of the genus Urginea, especially U. maritima or U. indica.2. the fleshy inner scales of the bulb of U. maritima or U. indica; a distinction is made between those with white bulbs (white squill) and those with red bulbs (red squill).red squill 1. a variety of Urginea maritima that has red bulbs.2. the fleshy inner scales of the bulb of this plant, a source of the cardiac glycoside scilliroside; it can cause convulsions or cardiac arrest and is used as a rodenticide.white squill 1. a variety of Urginea maritima that has white bulbs.2. the fleshy inner scales of the bulb of this plant; it contains several cardioactive glycosides.squill (skwil), The cut and dried fleshy inner scales of the bulb of the white variety of Urginea maritima (Mediterranean squill), or of U. indica (Indian squill) (family Liliaceae); the central portion of the bulb is excluded during its processing; squill contains cardiac glycosides (scillaren-A and scillaren-B) and scillaricide, a rodenticide. Synonym(s): scilla [L. squilla or scilla] squill (skwĭl)n.a. 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.b. 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.squill Herbal medicine
A perennial herb that contains cardioactive glycosides; it is diuretic and expectorant, but is highly toxic.
Toxicity
Arrhythmias, convulsions, diarrhoea, heart block, nausea, vomiting and possibly death.squill
Related to squill: red squillSynonyms for squillnoun bulb of the sea squill, which is sliced, dried, and used as an expectorantRelated Words- sea onion
- sea squill
- Urginea maritima
- squill
- bulb
noun having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal propertiesSynonyms- sea onion
- sea squill
- Urginea maritima
Related Words- liliaceous plant
- genus Urginea
- Urginea
- squill
noun an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowersSynonymsRelated Words- liliaceous plant
- genus Scilla
- Scilla verna
- spring squill
- sea onion
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