: any of a genus (Scilla) of Old World bulbous herbs of the asparagus family with narrow basal leaves and purple, blue, or white racemose flowers
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This flower is similar to scilla, but its blooms are pearly white, often with a faint blue stripe down each petal.
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Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 23 Aug. 2020
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.
—Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 21 Mar. 2018
The standards here are now scilla, galanthus, tulips, daffodils, muscari and alliums.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Alaska Dispatch News, 15 Sep. 2017
The scilla will continue to grow come hell or high water or hard freeze.
—Bonnie Blodgett, Twin Cities, 11 Mar. 2017
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Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 23 Aug. 2020
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.
—Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 21 Mar. 2018
The standards here are now scilla, galanthus, tulips, daffodils, muscari and alliums.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Alaska Dispatch News, 15 Sep. 2017
The scilla will continue to grow come hell or high water or hard freeze.
—Bonnie Blodgett, Twin Cities, 11 Mar. 2017
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“Scilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scilla. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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