Daucus carota
- noun
- /ˈdɔːkəs kəˈroʊtə/
- Specialized
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Daucus carota
- The fields were full of Daucus carota, commonly known as wild carrot or Queen Anne's lace.
Examples
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Botanists can easily identify Daucus carota by its lacy white flower clusters.
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The Daucus carota is often found in wildflower meadows.
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Many herbal remedies use Daucus carota for its medicinal properties.
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Look at the Daucus carota!
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Botanists can easily identify Daucus carota by its lacy white flower clusters.
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The fields were full of Daucus carota, commonly known as wild carrot or Queen Anne's lace.
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The Daucus carota is often found in wildflower meadows.
Synonyms
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8.4
A wild plant with many thin leaves and groups of small white flowers like a carrot that grows in fields
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4.8
A tall plant with thin leaves and small white flowers often found in meadows
Surface Forms
Morphology
Daucus + carota
This is a Latin scientific binomial (taxonomic name) whose parts are not ordinary English words, so a B1 learner who 'knows the constituents' (which here are non-dictionary Latin forms) would not be able to infer the meaning 'wild carrot' from them. Although 'carota' resembles 'carrot' in some languages, the expression is technical nomenclature and non-compositional for general learners, making the meaning unpredictable without prior exposure.
Etymology
Daucus carota comes from old words for 'carrot'; the parts Daucus and carota both mean 'carrot', so the name simply describes the plant's thin, carrot-like root and its lacy white flowers. That's why the name refers to the wild carrot you see in fields today.