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squill
noun[ C or U ]
uk /skwɪl/ us /skwɪl/
a small plant that grows from a bulb(= round root) and has small, usually blue flowers, especially in spring:
Around the path there are flowering blue squills, white campion, yellow coltsfoot, gorse, and buttercups.
The grass is studded with spring squill.
Synonym
scilla
Bulbs such as crocuses, muscaris (including the grape hyacinth), and scillas (squills) will multiply every year and flower freely.
The cushions are embroidered with emblems of Cornish coastal life: crabs, seagulls, pink squill.
The squill is a genus of bulb-forming perennial herbs in the Hyacinthaceae family.
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