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squill

noun

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

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Word length
6
Starts with
S
Ends with
L
Contains
QU
Scrabble score
15

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Pronunciation

skwɪl

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noun

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

noun

  1. Having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties

noun

  1. Bulb of the sea squill, which is sliced, dried, and used as an expectorant

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