squill

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skwɪl/

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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

Derived terms

• Portuguese squill
• red squill
• sea squill

Translations

plant of the genus Scilla

Bulgarian: синчец m (sinčec) Catalan: escil·la f Czech: ladoňka f Dutch: sterhyacint (nl) f Finnish: sinililja (fi) French: scille (fr) f German: Blaustern m Greek: Ancient: σκίλλα f (skílla) Hungarian: csillagvirág (hu) Irish: sciolla m Italian: scilla (it) f Latin: scilla f Polish: cebulica (pl) f Portuguese: scilla f Romanian: viorea (ro) f, scila f Russian: проле́ска (ru) f (proléska) 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

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