SQUILL

any of the bulbous plants of the genus Scilla of the family Liliaceae, consisting of about 100 species, native to temperate Eurasia. The narrow, sometimes grasslike leaves arise from the base of the plant. The squill's small white, blue, or purple flowers are borne in a cluster at the tip of a leafless flower stalk. Some spring-flowering species are cultivated as garden ornamentals.