Definitions for squill
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. squillnoun

   bulb of the sea squill, which is sliced, dried, and used as an expectorant

2. sea squill, sea onion, squill, Urginea maritimanoun

   having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties

3. scilla, squillnoun

   an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. squillnoun

   A European bulbous liliaceous plant, of the genus Scilla, used in medicine for its acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties

2. squillnoun

   A mantis shrimp, Squilla mantis, from the Mediterranean

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Squillnoun

   Etymology: squilla, scilla, Latin; squille, Fr.

   1. A plant.

   It hath a large acrid bulbous root like an onion; the leaves are broad; the flowers are like those of ornithogalum, or the starry hyacinth: they grow in a long spike, and come out before the leaves. Philip Miller.

   Seed or kernels of apples and pears put into a squill, which is like a great onion, will come up earlier than in the earth itself. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

   ’Twill down like oxymel of squills. Wentworth Dillon.

   The self same atoms
   Can, in the trufle, furnish out a feast;
   And nauseate, in the scaly squill, the taste. Samuel Garth.

   2. A fish.3. An insect.

   The squill-insect is so called from some similitude to the squill-fish, in having a long body covered with a crust, composed of several rings: the head broad and squat. Nehemiah Grew.

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1. squill

   Squill is a generic term referring to a family of bulb-forming perennial herbs, commonly known as Scilla. These plants are native to Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, often grown for their attractive blue or white flowers. In medicine, the red squill variety is used for its diuretic and cardiac stimulant properties. The bulbs have also been used as rat poison due to their toxic content.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Squillnoun

   a European bulbous liliaceous plant (Urginea, formerly Scilla, maritima), of acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties used in medicine. Called also sea onion

2. Squillnoun

   any bulbous plant of the genus Scilla; as, the bluebell squill (S. mutans)

3. Squillnoun

   a squilla

4. Squillnoun

   a mantis

5. Etymology: [F. squille (also scille a squill, in sense 1), L. squilla, scilla, Gr. .]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Squill

   skwil, n. a genus of bulbous-rooted plants of order Liliaceæ, with radical leaves, and flowers in terminal racemes or loose corymbs—the officinal Squill is diuretic and expectorant.—adj. Squillit′ic. [Fr. squille—L. squilla, scilla—Gr. skilla.]

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1. quills

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of squill in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of squill in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=squill
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Squill
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=squill
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/squill
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=squill