The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SKIRRET
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result SKIRRET
- Aquatic umbellifer, red mostly, found in margin
- Margin containing recipe associated with English root vegetable
- Water-parsnip cocktail imbibed by exclusive group
- Mistake over blocking comedy sketch displaying root vegetable
- Plant starts to ruin everything in border
- Avoid confronting stores about water parsnip
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The straight part
We know that "root vegetable" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case root vegetable = skirret.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SKIRRET mean?
SKIRRET noun- An umbelliferous plant (Sium sisarum), cultivated for its sweet edible tuberous roots.