squill

Noun

• an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers

• having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties

• bulb of the sea squill, which is sliced, dried, and used as an expectorant

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  scilla , sea squill , sea onion , Urginea maritima