DAUCUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Daucus mean? 

• DAUCUS (noun)
  The noun DAUCUS has 1 sense:

1. carrot

  Familiarity information: DAUCUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DAUCUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Carrot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Daucus; genus Daucus

Hypernyms ("Daucus" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Daucus"):

Daucus carota; Queen Anne's lace; wild carrot (a widely naturalized Eurasian herb with finely cut foliage and white compound umbels of small white or yellowish flowers and thin yellowish roots)

carrot; cultivated carrot; Daucus carota sativa (perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions)

Holonyms ("Daucus" is a member of...):

Apiaceae; carrot family; family Apiaceae; family Umbelliferae; Umbelliferae (plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill)

 Context examples 

The oil extracted from the seeds of Daucus carota.

(Carrot Seed Oil, NCI Thesaurus)