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Definition of Cultivated carrot
1. Noun. Perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions.
Terms within: Carrot, Carrot
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Daucus, Genus Daucus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cultivated Carrot
Literary usage of Cultivated carrot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"It is an annual and resembles the cultivated carrot, except in the root, ...
It is the origin of the cultivated carrot, which can be developed from it in a ..."
2. Manual of Plant Diseases by Paul Sorauer, Gustav Lindau, Ludwig Reh (1922)
"22 is a corresponding section from a two-year old cultivated carrot. The letters
in both figures indicate the same parts and a comparison of the similarly ..."
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