sea onion

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sea onion

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Referring to its coastal habitat and onion-like bulb.

noun sea onions · sea-onion

  1. A sea squill (Drimia maritima), a plant native to Mediterranean and adjoining coasts.

    Similar: squill, maritime squill, red squill

  2. A spring squill (Scilla verna), a plant of Atlantic Europe.

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noun Drimia maritima

Españolceba marina, cebolla albarrana, escila, escila roja
Portuguêscebola do mar, scilla, cebola-albarrã
Françaisscille maritime, oignon marin, scille rouge
DeutschMeerzwiebel
Italianocipolla marina
Русскийморско́й лук morskój luk
العربيةإشْقِيل ʔišqīl, بَصَل الفَأْر baṣal al-faʔr, عُنْصُل ʕunṣul
עבריתחָצָב ẖatzáv

noun Scilla verna

Portuguêscila
Françaisscille des printemps
DeutschFrühlingsblaustern

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@misc{sea_onion_2026,
  title = {sea onion},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sea%20onion},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}