Home › Words › S › sabadillasabadilla/ˌsæbəˈdɪlə/sabadilla means A Mexican and Central American plant of the family Melanthiaceae (Schoenocaulon officinale, syn. Sabadilla officinalis).sabadilla is pronounced /ˌsæbəˈdɪlə/.EtymologyFrom Spanish cebadilla, diminutive of cebada (“barley”).nounA Mexican and Central American plant of the family Melanthiaceae (Schoenocaulon officinale, syn. Sabadilla officinalis).The seeds of this plant, used in medicine and insecticides.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).