1.
[syn: wild carrot, Queen Anne's lace, Daucus carota]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Carrot \Car"rot\, n. [F. carotte, fr. L. carota; cf. Gr. ?]
1. (Bot.) An umbelliferous biennial plant (Daucus Carota),
of many varieties.
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2. The esculent root of cultivated varieties of the plant,
usually spindle-shaped, and of a reddish yellow color.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Daucus carota
n 1: a widely naturalized Eurasian herb with finely cut foliage
and white compound umbels of small white or yellowish
flowers and thin yellowish roots [syn: wild carrot,
Queen Anne's lace, Daucus carota]