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Definition of Squill
1. Noun. Bulb of the sea squill, which is sliced, dried, and used as an expectorant.
2. Noun. Having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties.
Generic synonyms: Liliaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Urginea, Urginea
3. Noun. An Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers.
Generic synonyms: Liliaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Scilla
Specialized synonyms: Scilla Verna, Sea Onion, Spring Squill
Definition of Squill
1. n. A European bulbous liliaceous plant (Urginea, formerly Scilla, maritima), of acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties used in medicine. Called also sea onion.
Definition of Squill
1. Noun. A European bulbous liliaceous plant, of the genus ''Scilla'', used in medicine for its acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties ¹
2. Noun. A mantis shrimp, ''Squilla mantis'', from the Mediterranean ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Squill
1. a Eurasian herb [n -S]
Medical Definition of Squill
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Squill
Literary usage of Squill
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Compend of Materia Medica, Therapeutics and Prescription Writing: With by Samuel Otway Lewis Potter (1906)
"squill is the sliced bulb of Urginea mari- tima, a perennial plant of the nat.
ord. ... In small doses squill is expectorant, in large ones it is emetic and ..."
2. A Universal formulary: Containing the Methods of Preparing and Administering by Robert Eglesfeld Griffith (1866)
"K. Bruised squill, four ounces. Spirit of nitric ether, two pints. Digest for
tight days, and filter. Dose, half a ll. drachm, as an expectorant and ..."
3. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1856)
"THB squill I TWENTY-THREE REMEDIES. In medicine, we give the name of white squill
to the male plant, and of black3 to the female: the whiter the squill, ..."
4. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"It took about twice the amount of squill to be as effective as a given amount of
digitalis. ... Mendel emphasizes a specific action of squill on diastole. ..."
5. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1876)
"As found in the shops,- squill is in the form of horn-like, curved strips, ...
The taste is mucilaginous, bitter and acrid; its properties squill (Urginea ..."
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