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skir·ret  (skûrt)

n.

An eastern Asian plant (Sium sisarum) having a cluster of tuberous, sweetish, edible roots.

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[Middle English skirwhit, alteration (influenced by skir, pure, bright and white, white) of Old French eschervi, probably from Arabic karawy, caraway, from Greek kar.]

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skirret [ˈskɪrɪt]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) an umbelliferous Old World plant, Sium sisarum, cultivated in parts of Europe for its edible tuberous roots

[C14 skirwhite, perhaps from obsolete skir bright (see sheer¹) + white]

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skirret - an Asiatic herb cultivated in Europe for its sweet edible tuberous root Sium sisarum 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