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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 sea on·ion /-ˌənjən/ 名詞

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sea on·ion Bot. The officinal squill. See Squill.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Squill n.
 1. Bot. (a) A European bulbous liliaceous plant (Urginea maritima, formerly Scilla maritima), of acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties, used in medicine.  Called also sea onion. (b) Any bulbous plant of the genus Scilla; as, the bluebell squill (Scilla mutans).
 2. Zool. (a) A squilla. (b) A mantis.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 sea onion
      n 1: having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a
           bulb with medicinal properties [syn: sea squill, squill,
            Urginea maritima]
      2: European scilla with small blue or purple flowers [syn: spring
          squill, Scilla verna]