DAUCUS CAROTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Daucus carota mean? 

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

1. a widely naturalized Eurasian herb with finely cut foliage and white compound umbels of small white or yellowish flowers and thin yellowish roots

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DAUCUS CAROTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A widely naturalized Eurasian herb with finely cut foliage and white compound umbels of small white or yellowish flowers and thin yellowish roots

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Daucus carota; Queen Anne's lace; wild carrot

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

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

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

Daucus; genus Daucus (carrot)

 Context examples 

The oil extracted from the seeds of Daucus carota.

(Carrot Seed Oil, NCI Thesaurus)