1. Plant having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties
   "sea onions bloomed along the Mediterranean coast";
   - sea squill, squill, Urginea maritima
    
2. European scilla with small blue or purple flowers
   "sea onions created a blue carpet under the trees";
   - spring squill, Scilla verna

Derived forms: sea onions

Type of: liliaceous plant, scilla, squill

Part of: genus Urginea, Urginea

Encyclopedia: Sea onion