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Urginea — noun Mediterranean liliaceous plants; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae • Syn: ↑genus Urginea • Hypernyms: ↑liliid monocot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Liliaceae, ↑family Liliaceae, ↑lily family … Useful english dictionary
Urginea maritima — Taxobox | name = Urginea maritima image width = 250px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Liliopsida ordo = Asparagales familia = Hyacinthaceae genus = Urginea species = U. maritima binomial = Urginea maritima binomial authority =… … Wikipedia
urginea — The bulbs of U. indica (Indian squill) and U. maritima (white or Mediterranean squill); the source of squill. [L. urgeo, to press, referring to the shape of the seeds] * * * ur·gin·ea ər jin ē ə n 1) cap a genus of bulbous herbs of the lily… … Medical dictionary
Urginea maritima — noun having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties • Syn: ↑sea squill, ↑sea onion, ↑squill • Hypernyms: ↑liliaceous plant • Member Holonyms: ↑Urginea, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Urginea — ID 86584 Symbol Key URGIN Common Name liverseed grass Family Liliaceae Category Monocot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity N/A US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution N/A Growth Habit N/A … USDA Plant Characteristics
Urginea maritima — ID 86585 Symbol Key URMA2 Common Name red squill Family Liliaceae Category Monocot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Cultivated, or not in the U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution N/A Growth Habit N/A … USDA Plant Characteristics
Urginea maritima — Squill Squill (skw[i^]l), n. [F. squille (also scille a squill, in sense 1), L. squilla, scilla, Gr. ?.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A European bulbous liliaceous plant ({Urginea maritima}, formerly {Scilla maritima}), of acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
liliid monocot genus — noun genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils • Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus • Hyponyms: ↑genus Iris, ↑Belamcanda, ↑genus Belamcanda, ↑genus Crocus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
squill — The cut and dried fleshy inner scales of the bulb of the white variety of Urginea maritima (Mediterranean s.), or of U. indica (Indian s.) (family Liliaceae); the central portion of the bulb is excluded during its processing; s. contains cardiac… … Medical dictionary
family Liliaceae — noun includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; … Useful english dictionary
