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skirret

skirret noun: an umbelliferous plant (Sium sisarum), cultivated for its sweet edible tuberous roots.

Noun

skirret (countable and uncountable, plural skirrets)

  1. An umbelliferous plant (Sium sisarum), cultivated for its sweet edible tuberous roots.
    • Nicolas Venette, French physician, refers to skirret, a plant that has esculent tubers, for its high aphrodisiac potential.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 224
  2. A straight-line marking tool consisting of a line of thread wrapped around a holder.

skirret meaning in Tamil

skirret in Tamil

நீர்வாழ் காய்கறிப் பூண்டுவகை

Forms of skirret

pluralskirrets
alternative formskirrett

Origin of skirret

From Dutch suikerwortel (literally “sugar-root”).

Questions about skirret

What does skirret mean?
Skirret means an umbelliferous plant (Sium sisarum), cultivated for its sweet edible tuberous roots.
What is skirret in Tamil?
Skirret in Tamil is நீர்வாழ் காய்கறிப் பூண்டுவகை. See Skirret meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is skirret?
Skirret is a noun.
What is the plural of skirret?
The plural of skirret is skirrets.

Words near skirret in the dictionary

  1. skirods
  2. Skiros
  3. skirp
  4. skirr
  5. skirred
  6. skirret
  7. skirrets
  8. skirrett
  9. skirretts
  10. skirrhus
  11. skirring

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