skirwhite
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skirret — /skir it/, n. a plant, Sium sisarum, of the parsley family, cultivated in Europe for its edible tuberous root. [1300 50; ME skirwhite lit., pure white (skir < ON skirr clear, pure; c. OE scir); alter., by folk etym., of MF scherwitz, unexplained… … Universalium