white squill
noun
The white-scaled bulb of a form of the sea onion, Drimia maritima, or a preparation made from this, (formerly) used medicinally and as a rodenticide.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Nicholas Culpeper (1616–1654), physician and astrologer.
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- discommendation