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/skwˈɪl/
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NOUN
- bulb of the sea squill, which is sliced, dried, and used as an expectorant
- having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties
- an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers
How To Use squill In A Sentence
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- What would you have thought of the poor little squilla, so prettily baptised by the fishermen, if The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals
- There's squillions of charity shops in Edinburgh, and they all seem to have a copy of Naomi Campbell's Swan on their bookstands.
- Among the squillion or so options is the choice of lounge chairs in the rear cabin, fully reclining, massaging, and climate controlled. Rolls-Royce Builds a Real Car20%
- Large bulbs such as tulips and daffodils should be placed four to six inches apart while smaller bulbs such as crocus, snowdrops, and squill, should be placed one to two inches apart.
- The crawfish has a tail, and five fins on it; and the round-backed carid has a tail and four fins; the squilla also has fins at the tail on either side. The History of Animals
- As the snowdrops and winter aconite begin to depart, glory-of-the-snow, Siberian squill, dwarf iris, and puschkinia might arrive. Suzy Bales: Looking For Compounding Interest? Plant Bulbs!
- _ -- If you rub your bedsteede with squilla stamped with vinaigre, or with the leaves of cedar tree sodden in oil, you shall never feel punese. Notes and Queries, Number 212, November 19, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
- I can report that the Call handling centre dealt with 10 squillion enquires this year and all were met within the time frame and so met our targets by 100%. The Revolving Door System. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
- Many are small bulbs, primarily Crocus tommasianus, snowdrops, Iris reticulata and striped squill or pushkinia.
