squill

English Thesaurus

1. an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	liliaceous plant,
definition	:	plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	scilla verna, sea onion, spring squill,
definition	:	European scilla with small blue or purple flowers (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	genus scilla,
definition	:	sometimes placed in subfamily Hyacinthaceae (noun.plant)

2. having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	liliaceous plant,
definition	:	plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber (noun.plant)

part holonym	:	squill,
definition	:	bulb of the sea squill, which is sliced, dried, and used as an expectorant (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	genus urginea, urginea,
definition	:	Mediterranean liliaceous plants; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae (noun.plant)

3. bulb of the sea squill, which is sliced, dried, and used as an expectorant (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	bulb,
definition	:	a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure (noun.plant)

part meronym	:	sea onion, sea squill, squill, urginea maritima,
definition	:	having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties (noun.plant)