Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
ur·gin·ea Pronunciation:
&r-'jin-E-& Function:
noun 1 capitalized : a genus of bulbous herbs of the lilyfamily native to the Old World and especially to the Mediterranean region with a deciduous perianth and 3-angled capsule —see
SQUILL1a 2 a often capitalized : squill for medicinal use composed of the sliced young bulbs of the squill (
Urginea indica) of the Orient —used in theBritish Pharmacopoeia; called also
Indian squill; —compare
WHITE SQUILL b : any plant of thegenus
Urginea
