scilla

Any of several bulbous Eurasian and African plants of the genus Scilla, having narrow leaves and cultivated for their bell-shaped blue, white, or pink flowers.

A genus of liliaceous plants, type of the tribe Scilleæ.

[l. c] In the United States and British pharmacopœias, the sliced bulb of Urginea Scilla; squill. It is used in medicine as an expectorant and diuretic.

A plant of the genus Scilla; a squill.

A bulb of Urginea scilla.

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