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

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras