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skirwhita

skirwhita, ~us, ~um [ME skirwhit(e)], (bot.) parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) or water-parsnip (Sium sisarum or latifolium), skirret. 1336 de skirwyth' ibidem nichil hoc anno DL MinAc 242/3886 m. 1; coquina: ‥ in wastellis, j d. in skirewhittis emptis, iij d. in dimidia cerva de venacione de Cheddre Ac. Ep. Bath. 129; 1338 in ovis, iiij d. in flore, j d. in skirwhittes, j d. MonA II 585a.

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