red squill

noun

1

: a squill having a bulb with red outer scales

broadly : squill sense 1a

2

: a rat poison derived from the bulb of red squill

Word History

First Known Use

1629, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Medical Definition

red squill

noun

1

: a Mediterranean squill of the genus Urginea (U. maritima) of the form with a reddish brown bulb compare white squill

2

: a rat poison derived from the bulb of red squill