urginea

1 capitalized :  a genus of bulbous herbs of the lily family native to the Old World and especially to the Mediterranean region—see squill 1a

2a often capitalized :  the sliced young bulb of an Asian plant of the genus Urginea (U. indica) with the same properties and uses as those of squill (U. maritima)—called also Indian squillb:  any plant of the genus Urginea