"red squill" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: red squills [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} red squill (plural red squills)
  1. A flowering plant, Drimia maritima, native to Mediterranean lands, used medicinally and as a rat poison. Synonyms: squill, sea squill, sea onion, maritime squill
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