10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEA ONION»
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Sauer's Herbal Cures: America's First Book of Botanic ...
Sea Onion (Squill) 283 Sea Onion (Squill) Urginea mantima Sauer: Meer-Zwebel
(1772) Squill is native to the Mediterranean and grmvs near the coast, indeed
often within a few hundred feet of the water. It is also an odd-looking plant ...
William Woys Weaver, 2001
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The New York Botanical Garden Illustrated Encyclopedia of ...
URGINEA (Urgin-ea) — Sea-Onion or Squill. Of the estimated 100 species of this
genus of bulb plants native to the Mediterranean region, Canary Islands, Africa,
and warmer parts of Asia, only one, the sea-onion, squill, or red squill, seems to ...
3
Greek Myths and Christian Mystery
... description, our Pseudo-Theo- phrastus shows obvious signs of uncertainty: "It
is said that this moly is very like that mentioned by Homer." Its onion-like root and
its leaves suggest, he thinks, a resemblance to the Scilla maritima or sea-onion.
4
Life Traces of the Georgia Coast: Revealing the Unseen Lives ...
More notable burrowers among Georgia anthozoans are several species of
anemones, among them the sea onion anemone (Paranthus rapiformis). The sea
onion anemone superficially resembles a small, pickled onion to some people.
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A French and English dictionary
Squenente Look Squinant. Squenie . f. The Frock, long sachet, Coat, or Cassock
{most commonly) of Canvas, worn outmost , or over all other cloths , by Porters,
Carters, Horse-Beepers, Peasants, Sec. Squillc : f. The fquil, or Sea-onion ; also,
...
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CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: ...
in English: climbing onion, climbing potato, climbing sea onion, sea onion, South
African climbing sea onion, Zulu potato in Southern Africa: umagaqana,
umGaqona gifisila, igibisila, knolklimop, in Swaziland: gibizisila Brachiaria (Trin.)
Griseb.
Umberto Quattrocchi, 2012
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The Pocket Esculapius; Or, Every Man His Own Physician ... ...
SEA-ONION. This plant is a native of Spain, Sicily, and Syria, grow. ing in sandy
situations on the sea-coast, and was first cultivated in England about a hundred
and fifty years ago. The red' rooted variety has been supposed to be more ...
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The Works of Francis Rabelais
Scyllino, or, as some editions, and particularly this of M. D. C. has it, Scyllo, may
come from Scilla, a sea-onion (squill.) Boccace, in one of his novels, calls a
certain monk brother onion {Frater CipoUa), Rabelais, in imitation of him, might
have ...
Du Chat, Motteux, Ozell, 1807
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CRC World Dictionary of Plant Nmaes: Common Names, ...
Southern Africa: geeltjienkerientjie, yellow chinkerinchee; iTsweletswele
lasethafeni (Xhosa) O. longibracteatum Jacq. English: wild onion, sea onion,
false sea onion, German onion Southern Africa: masxabana (Xhosa) O.
maculatum Jacq.
Umberto Quattrocchi, 1999
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Medieval Herbal Remedies: The Old English Herbarium and ...
... 22 (XXII) Sage (wood), 58 (LVIII) Sage, 103(CIII) Sage (wood), 151 (CLI) Sage-
leaved germander, 58 (LVIII) Savine, 87 (LXXXVII) Saxifrage, 99 (XCIX)
Marguerite, 141 (CXLI) Sea-onion, 43 (XLIII) Sea onion, 159(CLIX) Shepherd's
purse.
