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scilla
noun[ C or U ]
uk /ˈsɪl.ə/ us /ˈsɪl.ə/
a small plant that grows from a bulb(= round root) and has small, usually blue flowers, especially in spring:
The tree is underplanted with a carpet of pale blue scillas.
You can enjoy colour in spring with bulbs such as tulips, daffodils, scilla, and muscari.
Several kinds of scilla, closely related to the common bluebell, would do just as well in our woods.
In spring, hundreds of scillas push through to create a bright-blue haze among the paving.
For a carpet of electric blue spring flowers, you just can't beat scillas.
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Synonym
squill
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