1) Asian herb 2) Bog plant 3) Comestible root vegetable 4) Comestible veg 5) Comestible root veg 6) Comestible vegetable 7) Culinary vegetable 8) Edible root vegetable 9) Edible root 10) Edible vegetable 11) Edible tuber 12) Edible root veg 13) Edible veg 14) Edible veggie 15) Food for a herbivore 16) Herbivorous ingredient
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• (n.) An umbelliferous plant (Sium, / 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.
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(from the article `water parsnip`) ...Hemisphere and Africa. They grow in moist areas, and some species are even partially submerged. All are perennial herbs with divided leaves and ...
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(Sium) This vegetable, the Skirret or Water Parsnip, was once popular in the American colonies, but is rarely grown now. If you enjoy Root Parsley and Salsify, you should try Skirret. This hardy perennial provides a cluster of knobby, sweet tasting roots in the autumn and winter, from which grow rosettes of feathery leaves.…
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Skir'ret noun [ A corrupted form equivalent to
sugarwort .]
(Botany) An umbelliferous plant (
Sium, or 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.
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Skirret is a plant of the family Umbelliferae. It is a perennial plant native to China and Japan, sometimes cultivated for its edible roots.
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n] - an Asiatic herb cultivated in Europe for its sweet edible tuberous root
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Sium sisarum noun an Asiatic herb cultivated in Europe for its sweet edible tuberous root
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