Definition of scilla
: any of a genus (Scilla) of Old World bulbous herbs of the lily family with narrow basal leaves and purple, blue, or white racemose flowers
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The first flower colors have appeared — the white of snowdrops, the yellow of witch hazel, the electric blue of scilla, the purple of the earliest crocuses.
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The standards here are now scilla, galanthus, tulips, daffodils, muscari and alliums.
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The scilla will continue to grow come hell or high water or hard freeze.
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