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scilla

/ˈsɪlə/
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Other forms: scillas

Definitions of scilla
  1. noun
    an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers
    synonyms: squill
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    types:
    Scilla verna, sea onion, spring squill
    European scilla with small blue or purple flowers
    type of:
    liliaceous plant
    plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
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