Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun squill

3 senses of squill

Sense 1
squill -- (bulb of the sea squill, which is sliced, dried, and used as an expectorant)
       => bulb -- (a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure)

Sense 2
sea squill, sea onion, squill, Urginea maritima -- (having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties)
       => liliaceous plant -- (plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber)

Sense 3
scilla, squill -- (an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers)
       => liliaceous plant -- (plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber)