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DAUCUS CAROTA SATIVA

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Meaning:

Perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions

Synonyms:

carrot; cultivated carrot; Daucus carota sativa

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Nouns denoting plants

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

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Meronyms (parts of "Daucus carota sativa"):

carrot (orange root; important source of carotene)

carrot (deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant)

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

Daucus; genus Daucus (carrot)

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