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scilla

UK/ˈsɪlə/

scilla noun: a plant of the genus Scilla; a squill.

Noun

scilla (plural scillas)

  1. A plant of the genus Scilla; a squill.
  2. A bulb of Urginea scilla.
    • Scilla, or sea onyon, hot and dry in the third degree.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II...

scilla meaning in Tamil

scilla in Tamil

நீர் வெங்காய நச்சேற்றம்

Forms of scilla

pluralscillas

Origin of scilla

Borrowed from Latin scilla, from Ancient Greek σκίλλα (skílla). Doublet of squill.

Words that rhyme with scilla

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Questions about scilla

What does scilla mean?
Scilla means a plant of the genus Scilla; a squill.
What is scilla in Tamil?
Scilla in Tamil is நீர் வெங்காய நச்சேற்றம். See Scilla meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is scilla?
Scilla is a noun.
How do you pronounce scilla?
Scilla is pronounced /ˈsɪlə/ (UK).
What is the plural of scilla?
The plural of scilla is scillas.

Words near scilla in the dictionary

  1. Scifreses
  2. SCIFs
  3. scil.
  4. scilent
  5. scilicet
  6. scilla
  7. scillain
  8. scillaine
  9. scillaren
  10. scillarenin
  11. scillas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scilla (page history and authors); scilla (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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