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skir⋅ret

  [skir-it]
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–noun
a plant, Sium sisarum, of the parsley family, cultivated in Europe for its edible tuberous root.
Origin:
1300–50; ME skirwhite lit., pure white (skir < ON skīrr clear, pure; c. OE scīr); alter., by folk etym., of MF scherwitz, unexplained var. of OF carvi caraway
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skir·ret   (skûr'ĭt)   
n.  An eastern Asian plant (Sium sisarum) having a cluster of tuberous, sweetish, edible roots.

[Middle English skirwhit, alteration (influenced by skir, pure, bright and white, white) of Old French eschervi, probably from Arabic karawyā, caraway, from Greek karō.]
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