wild carrot
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- noun
- /waɪld ˈkærət/
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zanahoria silvestre
- The wild carrot, Daucus carota, a member of the family Umbelliferae.
It's, you know, sort of the wild carrot, big showy white flowers, sometimes with a little purple tiny bit in the middle.
- It's, you know, sort of the wild carrot, big showy white flowers, sometimes with a little purple tiny bit in the middle.
Examples
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Flower looks similar to Queen Anne's Lace (wild carrot).
Blog text (32) -
But the wild carrots you see actually are white root and they are they are in the same family as the modern day carrot.
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It's, you know, sort of the wild carrot, big showy white flowers, sometimes with a little purple tiny bit in the middle.
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Wild roses, wild carrot, and lupine bloom around.
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The wild carrot, with its delicate white flowers, is often mistaken for Queen Anne's lace.
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In the meadow, we found wild carrots growing alongside other wildflowers.
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The wild carrot's leaves are finely divided and its flowers form small white umbels.
Synonyms
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A wild plant with many thin leaves and groups of small white flowers like a carrot that grows in fields
A wild plant like a carrot with lacy leaves, white flower clusters, and thin yellowish roots
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward adjective+noun composition: 'wild' (growing naturally) + 'carrot' (the vegetable) yields 'a carrot that grows in the wild' (the plant often called Queen Anne's lace). This is a common, cross-linguistic descriptive pattern, so an average B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Wild carrot gets its name because it is the wild form of the garden carrot. Its root looks like a small, tougher carrot and its flat white flower head looks like lace. One popular story says the other name 'Queen Anne's lace' comes from a tale that a woman pricked her finger while making lace and a tiny red dot appeared in the flower's center, so the names help you remember it is the wild relative of the carrot.