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SCILLA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
An Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers
Synonyms:
scilla; squill
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("scilla" is a kind of...):
liliaceous plant (plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scilla"):
Scilla verna; sea onion; spring squill (European scilla with small blue or purple flowers)
Holonyms ("scilla" is a member of...):
genus Scilla (sometimes placed in subfamily Hyacinthaceae)