skir|ret

skir|ret
skir|ret «SKIHR iht», noun.
a plant of the parsley family, formerly much cultivated in Europe for its edible tubers that taste somewhat like turnips.
[Middle English skirwhit, alteration by folk etymology (< obsolete skire pure + white) of Old French eschervis, variant of carvi caraway]

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