sea onion

/si ˌʌnjən/

Definitions of sea onion

1. noun

   having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties
   synonyms: Urginea maritima, sea squill, squill

   type of:

   liliaceous plant

   plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
2. noun

   European scilla with small blue or purple flowers
   synonyms: Scilla verna, spring squill

   type of:

   scilla, squill

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