Sium sisarum

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Noun1.Sium sisarum - an Asiatic herb cultivated in Europe for its sweet edible tuberous rootSium sisarum - an Asiatic herb cultivated in Europe for its sweet edible tuberous root
skirret
genus Sium, Sium - perennial of wet and marshy places in the northern hemisphere: water parsnips
bog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant - a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath
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Two other very old vegetables are Good King Henry (Chenopodium bonus-henricus) and Skirret (Sium sisarum).
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