skirret

English

Alternative forms

• skirrett

Etymology

From Dutch suikerwortel (literally “sugar-root”).

Noun

skirret (countable and uncountable, plural skirrets)

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

   Hypernym: water parsnip

Translations

umbelliferous plant

• Bulgarian: ручейниче n (ručejniče)
• Estonian: magus jõgiputk
• French: chervis (fr) m
• German: Zuckerwurzel f, Süßwurzel f
• Italian: sisaro m
• Latin: siser n
• Polish: marek kucmerka (pl) m, marek (pl) m, kucmerka f
• Welsh: moronen felen f, moron melyn f pl, moronen Ffrengig f, moron Ffrengig f pl

References

• “skirret”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Striker, skirter, striker, trikers