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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an Asiatic herb cultivated in Europe for its sweet edible tuberous root;
[syn: skirret, Sium sisarum]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Skirret \Skir"ret\, n. [A corrupted form equivalent to sugarwort.] (Bot.) 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Sium sisarum n 1: an Asiatic herb cultivated in Europe for its sweet edible tuberous root [syn: skirret, Sium sisarum]