Associations to the word «Skirret»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

SKIRRET, noun. An Asiatic herb cultivated in Europe for its sweet edible tuberous root.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope