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Scilla

Scilla

See also: scilla

Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Scilla f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Hyacinthaceae – the squills.

Italian

Proper noun

Scilla f

  1. Scylla

scilla

scilla

See also: Scilla

English

Noun

scilla ‎(plural scillas)

  1. (botany) A plant of the genus Scilla; a squill.
  2. (pharmacology) A bulb of Urginea scilla.

Italian

Noun

scilla f ‎(plural scille)

  1. squill (plant of the genus Scilla)

Etymology

From Latin scilla, from Ancient Greek σκίλλα ‎(skílla), ultimately a foreign loan akin to Pre-Greek *skil'a ‎(*skil'a).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɪlə/

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