Meaning of "scilla" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SCILLA

Via Latin from Greek skilla; compare squill.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SCILLA

scilla  [ˈsɪlə]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCILLA

Scilla is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SCILLA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Scilla

Scilla is a genus of about 50 to 80 bulb-forming perennial herbs in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae, native to woodlands, subalpine meadows, and seashores throughout Europe and Asia. Their flowers are usually blue, but white, pink, and purple types are known; most flower in early spring, but a few are autumn-flowering.

TRANSLATION OF SCILLA

Find out the translation of scilla to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of scilla from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «scilla» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 绵
• Translator English - Spanish: scilla
• English: scilla
• Translator English - Hindi: Scilla
• Translator English - Arabic: سيلا
• Translator English - Russian: Сцилла
• Translator English - Portuguese: Scilla
• Translator English - Bengali: Scilla
• Translator English - French: scilla
• Translator English - Malay: Scilla
• Translator English - German: Scilla
• Translator English - Japanese: シラー属の植物
• Translator English - Korean: scilla
• Translator English - Javanese: Ngguyu
• Translator English - Vietnamese: Scilla
• Translator English - Tamil: scilla
• Translator English - Marathi: स्किला
• Translator English - Turkish: scilla
• Translator English - Italian: scilla
• Translator English - Polish: Scilla
• Translator English - Ukrainian: Сцилла
• Translator English - Romanian: Scilla
• Translator English - Greek: scilla
• Translator English - Afrikaans: skilla
• Translator English - Swedish: scilla
• Translator English - Norwegian: scilla

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCILLA»

Discover the use of scilla in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to scilla and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Power & Sex: Developing Inner Strength to Deal With the World

Questions concerning abuse of power are brilliantly analyzed. The fusion of the masculine and feminine energies hold the key to the necessary power the world needs now.

Scilla Elworthy, 1997

1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants

R former USSR 6930 Scilla beirana Samp. sooo. 20171 V 20076 Portugal (Beira Alta) 8000 Scilla Corsica Bouilu 20528 V 20528 France - Corsica 20528 V 20528 Italy - Sardinia 20528 Scilla cupanii Guss. 18264. 20171 R 78264 Italy - Sicily ...

Kerry Scott Walter, Harriet J. Gillett, 1998

Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Monocotyledons: ...

A small genus of ± 16 species, closely related to Scilla, but differing in its normally conspicuously spotted leaves, the axillary inflorescence and the free filaments. Only the following few species are ± succulent: L. concolor (Baker) Jessop ...

Urs Eggli, 2001

The Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, and Art

Ornithogalum umbellatum. H. K. Scilla Lilio-hyacinthus. 205. H. K. Scilla italica. 304. H. K. Scilla peruviana. 167. H.K. Scilla amcena. 298. H. K. Scilla amoena. B. sibirica. 130. B. M. Scilla sibirica. H. K. 'This has been quoted in H. K. to the plant  ...

Royal Institution of Great Britain, 1816

The Quarterly Journal of Science and the Arts

•Ornithogalum trigynum. 417. uncertain. Comes near to pyrenaicum and stachyoides ; but is represented with three minute styles, an anomaly in this genus, if correctly shown. Ornithogalum umbellutum. 143. H. K. Scilla Lilio- hyacinthus. 205.

‎1817

The Journal of science and the arts

Ornithogalum trigynum. 417. uncertain. Comes near to pyrenaicum and stachyoides ; but is represented with three minute styles, an anomaly in this genus, if correctly shewn. Ornithogalum umbellatum. 143. H. K. Scilla Lilio- hyacinthus. 205.

‎1816

Lectures on the Materia Medica Etc. Published from the ...

Saporis 8: odoris nullius evidentis." Dale. Saporis tantillum glutinosi, sub" amaricantis, non ingrati tamen." Gmf. ii. 13z, SCILLA. SECT.I. _ Scilla, Scylla, Squilla, mf. Scilla vulgaris, radice rubra, B.P. 73. H.Ox. ii. 395. Scilla rufa, magna, vulgaris, ...

Charles Alston, 1770

Lectures on the Materia Medica: Containing the Natural ...

Sarsaparilla saporis est glutinofi, amaricantis, non ingrati tamen." J. B. ** Saporis & odoris nuUius evidentis." Doit. Saporis tantillum glutinofi, sob- *' amaricantis, non ingrati tamcn." Geoff. ii. 132, S C I L L A. S E C T. I. Scilla, Scylla, Squilla, qff.

Charles Alston, J. Bell ((Edimburgo)), John Hope, 1770

Flora of Tropical East Africa - Hyacinthaceae (1996)

Brita Stedje. Ornithogalum sp. A sensu auct., 27 Ornithogalum tenuifoliiun F. Delaroche, 27 subsp. sardidum (Baker) Stedje, 27 subsp. robustum Stedje, 27 Schizobasis Baker, 28, 1, 17 Schizobasis intricata ( Baker) Baker, 28 Scilla L., 10,  ...

Brita Stedje, 1996

Science in the Age of Baroque

Scilla wholeheartedly agreed with this assessment of the significance of antiquarian studies; he was an accomplished numismatist who knew his ancient sources well. The physician Buonamico, whose August 1668 letter to Scilla on Maltese ...

Ofer Gal, Raz Chen-Morris, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCILLA»

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Scilla:sequestrati acquascooter vicini battigia

La Guardia costiera di Reggio ha sequestrato, a Scilla, tre acquascooter sorpresi a navigare a meno di 500 metri dalla battigia. Il comportamento dei tre ... «CN24TV, Jul 15»

Seconda tappa a Scilla per la Confcommercio Reggio

Confcommercio Seconda tappa al Comune di Scilla per l'iniziativa messa in campo dalla Confcommercio di Reggio Calabria per dar voce alle problematiche ... «Stretto web, Jul 15»

Reggio, Confcommercio incontra i comuni, si parte da Scilla

Confcommercio È partita da Scilla l'iniziativa messa in campo della Confcommercio di Reggio Calabria per dar voce alle problematiche che attanagliano ... «Stretto web, Jul 15»

Scilla Elworthy: Cooperation beats competition

In her book "Pioneering the Possible," Scilla Elworthy seeks to empower readers to be agents of change. Elworthy, a keynote speaker at the Global Media Forum ... «Deutsche Welle, Jun 15»

Scilla: sigilli a ristorante di Chianalea

La Guardia costiera di Reggio Calabria, nell'ambito delle attività programmatiche di accertamento finalizzate all'aggiornamento del documento programmatico ... «CN24TV, Jun 15»

Abbattuta una porzione del viadotto "Costa Viola" della vecchia A3 …

... una porzione del viadotto “Costa Viola” che faceva parte del tracciato della vecchia A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria, in provincia di Reggio tra Scilla e Bagnara, ... «Stretto web, Jun 15»

Blocco circolazione tra Bagnara e Scilla

L'Anas comunica che, per lavori di demolizione del vecchio tracciato autostradale, venerdì 5 giugno e martedì 9 giugno 2015, sono previsti blocchi temporanei ... «ntacalabria, Jun 15»

People » Insiders » Scilla Ruffo di Calabria's Musical Mind

The daughter of Prince Augusto Ruffo di Calabria and Tana Windisch-Graetz, Scilla Ruffo di Calabria has royal Italian roots dating back to the 11th century. «W Magazine, Jun 15»

A3: giovedì 28 maggio blocchi temporanei della circolazione all …

... minuti, nel tratto dell'autostrada A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria compreso tra il km 417,215 e il km 417,705, all'altezza di Scilla, in provincia di Reggio Calabria. «Stretto web, May 15»

Nucera: "a Scilla per un Centrosinistra unito con Pasqualino Ciccone"

elezioni regionali Giovanni Nucera, consigliere regionale e capogruppo La Sinistra, il 24 maggio ha sostenuto a Scilla insieme a Sebi Romeo, consigliere ... «Stretto web, May 15»