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water parsnip

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any plant of the genus Sium, as the skirret.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

stout white-flowered perennial found wild in shallow fresh water; northern United States and Asia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Sium suave

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: marsh plant, bog plant, swamp plant

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قُرَّة (qurra) — Sium gen. et spp.
  • Breton: beler — Sium gen. et spp.
  • Cornish: beler — Sium gen. et spp.
  • Danish: bredbladet mærke — Sium gen. et spp.
  • Dutch: merk — Sium gen. et spp.
  • Finnish: sorsanputki — Sium gen. et spp.
  • French: berle — Sium gen. et spp.
  • Galician: brizo — Sium gen. et spp.
  • German: Merk — Sium gen. et spp.
  • German: Berle — Sium gen. et spp.
  • Ancient Greek: σίον (síon) — Sium gen. et spp.
  • Irish: meacan uisce — Sium gen. et spp.
  • Latin: sium — Sium gen. et spp.
  • Latin: berula — Sium gen. et spp.
  • Latin: berola — Sium gen. et spp.
  • Middle Low German: merk — Sium gen. et spp.
  • Norwegian: merke — Sium gen. et spp.
  • Polish: marek — Sium gen. et spp.
  • Russian: поруче́йник (poručéjnik) — Sium gen. et spp.
  • Scottish Gaelic: biolaire — Sium gen. et spp.
  • Serbo-Croatian: хренак — Sium gen. et spp.
  • Serbo-Croatian: грешун — Sium gen. et spp.
  • Serbo-Croatian: hrenak — Sium gen. et spp.
  • Serbo-Croatian: grešun — Sium gen. et spp.
  • Swedish: märke — Sium gen. et spp.
  • Vietnamese: cần — Sium gen. et spp.
  • Welsh: pannas y dŵr — Sium gen. et spp.