Scilla
modern name of Scylla.
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How to use Scilla in a sentence
Next year, I over-promised, Scilla and I will bring home one of our own.
‘The Mozart of fungi’: For ages, truffle hunting has been one of the most challenging pursuits on earth. Then the pandemic hit | Bernhard Warner | December 12, 2020 | FortuneThese days, the girls sometimes accompany me on the walks with Scilla.
Investors look to buck a four-week losing streak, sending global stocks higher | Bernhard Warner | September 28, 2020 | FortuneIt was begun in 1580, but in consequence of his death almost immediately afterwards it was completed by his son, Scilla.
Italian Highways and Byways from a Motor Car | Francis MiltounScilla, sil′a, n. a genus of liliaceous plants, as the squill.
The warm sunshine soon brought out the Scilla and crocus, almost carpeting the whole bed.
"Mad, quite mad, like all Inglesi," is the comment of the inhabitants of Scilla.
Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) | Countess Evelyn Martinengo-CesarescoThe Prince of Scilla and four thousand people were swept into the sea by a single volcanic wave.
Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) | Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
British Dictionary definitions for scilla
/ (ˈsɪlə) /
any liliaceous plant of the genus Scilla, of Old World temperate regions, having small bell-shaped flowers: See also squill (def. 3)
Origin of scilla
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