sea onion

English

sea onions Drimia maritima

Alternative forms

sea-onion

Etymology

Referring to its coastal habitat and onion-like bulb.

Noun

sea onion (plural sea onions)

A sea squill (Drimia maritima), a plant native to Mediterranean and adjoining coasts.
A spring squill (Scilla verna), a plant of Atlantic Europe.

Synonyms

(Drimia maritima): squill, maritime squill, red squill

Hyponyms

(Drimia maritima): red squill (color form)

Translations

Drimia maritima

Arabic: إشْقِيل m (ʔišqīl), بَصَل الفَأْر m (baṣal al-faʔr), عُنْصُل m (ʕunṣul)
Bulgarian: мо́рски лук m (mórski luk)
Catalan: ceba marina f
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: merisipuli (fi), jättimerisipuli (fi)
French: scille maritime f, oignon marin m, scille rouge f
German: Meerzwiebel f
Greek:
Ancient Greek: σκίλλα f (skílla)
Hebrew: חָצָב (he) m (ẖatzáv)
Italian: cipolla marina f
Ottoman Turkish: آطه صوغانی (ada soğanı)
Portuguese: cebola do mar f, scilla f, cebola-albarrã (pt) f
Russian: морско́й лук m (morskój luk)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мо̀рскӣ лу̏к m

Latin: mòrskī lȕk m
Spanish: ceba marina f, cebolla albarrana f, escila f, escila roja f
Swedish: sjölök c
Ukrainian: луківка надморська f (lukivka nadmorsʹka)
Uzbek: dengiz piyozi

Scilla verna

Basque: please add this translation if you can
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: atlantinsinililja
French: please add this translation if you can
German: Frühlingsblaustern m
Irish: sciolla earraigh m
Norwegian: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: cila f
Swedish: norsk blåstjärna c

References

“sea onion”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
sea onion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Drimia maritima on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Drimia maritima on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Scilla verna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Scilla verna on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Scilla verna on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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