squill

Noun
  1. Bulb of the sea squill, which is sliced, dried, and used as an expectorant (synset 112483310)
    is a type of: bulb - a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure
    is a part of: sea onion, sea squill, squill, urginea maritima - having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties
  2. Having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties (synset 112483087)
    is a type of: liliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
    belongs to: genus urginea, urginea - Mediterranean liliaceous plants; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae
    has: squill - bulb of the sea squill, which is sliced, dried, and used as an expectorant
    same as: sea onion, sea squill, urginea maritima
  3. An Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers (synset 112481971)
    is a type of: liliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
    subtypes: scilla verna, sea onion, spring squill - European scilla with small blue or purple flowers
    belongs to: genus scilla - sometimes placed in subfamily Hyacinthaceae
    same as: scilla

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