Phrase guide

sea onion

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 3

European scilla with small blue or purple flowers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: spring squill, Scilla verna

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: scilla, squill

4

noun

Meaning 4

having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sea squill, squill, Urginea maritima

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: liliaceous plant

History

Etymology

Referring to its coastal habitat and onion-like bulb.

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: إشْقِيل (ʔišqīl) — Drimia maritima
  • Arabic: بَصَل الفَأْر (baṣal al-faʔr) — Drimia maritima
  • Arabic: عُنْصُل (ʕunṣul) — Drimia maritima
  • Bulgarian: мо́рски лук (mórski luk) — Drimia maritima
  • Catalan: ceba marina — Drimia maritima
  • Finnish: merisipuli — Drimia maritima
  • Finnish: jättimerisipuli — Drimia maritima
  • French: scille maritime — Drimia maritima
  • French: oignon marin — Drimia maritima
  • French: scille rouge — Drimia maritima
  • German: Meerzwiebel — Drimia maritima
  • Ancient Greek: σκίλλα (skílla) — Drimia maritima
  • Hebrew: חָצָב (ẖatzáv) — Drimia maritima
  • Italian: cipolla marina — Drimia maritima
  • Portuguese: cebola do mar — Drimia maritima
  • Portuguese: scilla — Drimia maritima
  • Portuguese: cebola-albarrã — Drimia maritima
  • Russian: морско́й лук (morskój luk) — Drimia maritima
  • Serbo-Croatian: мо̀рскӣ лу̏к — Drimia maritima
  • Serbo-Croatian: mòrskī lȕk — Drimia maritima
  • Spanish: ceba marina — Drimia maritima
  • Spanish: cebolla albarrana — Drimia maritima
  • Spanish: escila — Drimia maritima
  • Spanish: escila roja — Drimia maritima
  • Swedish: sjölök — Drimia maritima
  • Turkish: ada soğanı — Drimia maritima
  • Ottoman Turkish: آطه صوغانی (ada soğanı) — Drimia maritima
  • Ukrainian: луківка надморська (lukivka nadmorsʹka) — Drimia maritima
  • Uzbek: dengiz piyozi — Drimia maritima
  • Dutch: sterhyacint — Scilla verna
  • Finnish: atlantinsinililja — Scilla verna
  • French: scille des printemps — Scilla verna
  • German: Frühlingsblaustern — Scilla verna
  • Irish: sciolla earraigh — Scilla verna
  • Portuguese: cila — Scilla verna
  • Swedish: norsk blåstjärna — Scilla verna