spring squill

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   European scilla with small blue or purple flowers

   SynonymsScilla vernasea onion

   Broaderscilla

Questions about spring squill

What does spring squill mean?

spring squill means "European scilla with small blue or purple flowers".

What is another word for spring squill?

Close synonyms include Scilla verna, sea onion. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is spring squill a common word?

spring squill is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.