squill
/skwɪl/
squill noun: a European bulbous liliaceous plant, of the genus Scilla, used in medicine for its acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties.
Noun
squill (plural squills)
- A European bulbous liliaceous plant, of the genus Scilla, used in medicine for its acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties
- A sea onion (Drimia maritima)
- A mantis shrimp, Squilla mantis, from the Mediterranean
squill meaning in Urdu and Tagalog
squill in Urdu
- squill
- کاندا kāndā
squill in Tagalog
- plant of the genus Scilla
- esila
Synonyms of squill
Forms of squill
| plural | squills |
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Origin of squill
From French scille, from Latin scilla. Doublet of scilla.
Words formed from squill
Words that rhyme with squill
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- chill
- drill
- Seville
- will
- skill
- still
- frill
- mil
- sill
- swill
- fulfill
- goodwill
- till
- until
- brazil
- downhill
- prill
- quadrille
- shill
- shrill
- thrill
- Chapel Hill
- jill
- McGill
- nill
- trill
- uphill
- Walton-on-the-Hill
- Baskerville
- dill
- grille
- he'll
- instill
- Ithkuil
- krill
- manille
- nil
- phil
- purple pill
- refill
- remill
- rill
- thill
- twill
- vill
- vril
- 'til
- 'twill
Questions about squill
- What does squill mean?
- Squill means a European bulbous liliaceous plant, of the genus Scilla, used in medicine for its acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties.
- What is squill in Urdu?
- Squill in Urdu is کاندا (kāndā). See Squill meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is squill?
- Squill is a noun.
- How do you pronounce squill?
- Squill is pronounced /skwɪl/.
- What is the plural of squill?
- The plural of squill is squills.
Words near squill in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: squill (page history and authors); کاندا (Urdu) (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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