Scilla

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈsɪlÉ™/

Origin

From Latin scilla, from Ancient Greek σκίλλα.

Full definition of scilla

Noun

1. (botany) A plant of the genus Scilla; a squill.
2. (pharmacology) A bulb of .
• 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.4.2.i:Scilla, or sea onyon, hot and dry in the third degree.----