Associations to the word «Scilla»

Wiktionary

SCILLA, noun. (botany) A plant of the genus Scilla; a squill.
SCILLA, noun. (pharmacology) A bulb of Urginea scilla.
SCILLA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Hyacinthaceae   — the squills.
SCILLA SER. CHIONODOXA, proper noun. A taxonomic series within the family Asparagaceae   — glory-of-the-snow.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

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