SCILLA
\sˈɪlə], \sˈɪlə], \s_ˈɪ_l_ə]\
Sort: Oldest first
-
an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers
By Princeton University
-
an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
-
Native of Spain, Austria, &c. The bulb or root of the squill has a bitter, nauseous taste, and is extremely acrid; inflaming the skin when rubbed on it. Its acrimony, on which its virtues depend, is destroyed by heat, drying, and keeping. It is extracted by vinegar, spirit, and water. In large doses, squill is emetic and purgative; in small doses, diuretic and expectorant. Its active principle has been called scillitine. Dose, gr. j to v of the dried root, united or not with mercury.
By Robley Dunglison