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-s form of squill n bulb of the sea squill, which is sliced, dried, and used as an expectorant n having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties n an Old World plant of the genus …

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  1. -s form of squill n bulb of the sea squill, which is sliced, dried, and used as an expectorant n having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties n an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers