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skir•ret
(skir′it),USA pronunciation n.
- Plant Biologya plant, Sium sisarum, of the parsley family, cultivated in Europe for its edible tuberous root.
- Old Norse skīrr clear, pure; cognate with Old English scīr); alteration, by folk etymology, etymological, of Middle French scherwitz, unexplained variant of Old French carvi caraway
- Middle English skirwhite literally, pure white (skir 1300–50