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sea onion

noun

  1. Also called sea squill. a Mediterranean plant, Urginea maritima, of the lily family, yielding medicinal squill.
  2. a squill, Scilla verna, of the Isle of Wight, having narrow leaves and clusters of violet flowers.


sea onion

noun

  1. another name for sea squill
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sea onion1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
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Example Sentences

Platina also adds the squill or sea onion to this category.

Squilly, or the sea onion, to which great medicinal qualities are ascribed, grows in great abundance in these islands, and might be procured in almost any quantity.

The sea onion, or squill, was administered by the Egyptians, in cases of dropsy, under the mystic title of the eye of Typhon.

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