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Noun: skirret  ski-rut
  1. An Asiatic herb cultivated in Europe for its sweet edible tuberous root
    "Skirret was once a popular root vegetable in medieval cuisine";
    - Sium sisarum

Derived forms: skirrets

Type of: bog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant

Part of: genus Sium, Sium

Encyclopedia: Skirret