skirret
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch suikerwortel (literally “sugar-root”).
Noun edit
skirret (countable and uncountable, plural skirrets)
- An umbelliferous plant (Sium sisarum), cultivated for its sweet edible tuberous roots.
- Hypernym: water parsnip
Translations edit
umbelliferous plant
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References edit
- “skirret”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.