Skirret

Word SKIRRET
Character 7
Hyphenation skir ret
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Definitions and meanings of "Skirret"

What do we mean by skirret?

An eastern Asian plant (Sium sisarum) in the parsley family, having a cluster of tuberous, sweetish, edible roots. noun

A species of waterparsnip, Sium Sisarum, generally said to be of Chinese origin, long cultivated in Europe for its esculent root. noun

An umbelliferous plant (Sium Sisarum syn. Pimpinella Sisarum). It is a native of Asia, but has been long cultivated in Europe for its edible clustered tuberous roots, which are very sweet. noun

An umbelliferous plant (Sium or Pimpinella sisarum), cultivated for its sweet edible tuberous roots. noun

An Asiatic herb cultivated in Europe for its sweet edible tuberous root noun

An umbelliferous plant (Sium sisarum), cultivated for its sweet edible tuberous roots.

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The word "skirret" in example sentences

On the other hand, there was a kind of parsnip called skirret that did die out entirely because people stopped cultivating it, and a type of small onion, and a certain breed of English peas— ❋ ESTHER FRIESNER (1990)

Garnish it with orange peel boil'd in strong broth, and some French beans boil'd, and put in thick butter, or some skirret, cardones, artichocks, slic't lemon, mace, or orange. ❋ Robert May (N/A)

It was made of barley; certain herbs, such as lupine and skirret, were used as substitutes for hops. ❋ Unknown (1884)

Vegetables count cole, collard, kale, all ` cabbage 'and preserved in kailyard ` cabbage garden,' symbolic of Scotland's literature since 1895 as in "the kailyard school"; rutabaga ` turnip, 'literally, ` root-bag'; and skirret ` parsnip, 'literally, ` sheer-white.' ❋ Unknown (1984)

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