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wild carrot

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wild carrot
n.
See Queen Anne's lace.
wild carrot
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) an umbelliferous plant, Daucus carota, of temperate regions, having clusters of white flowers and hooked fruits
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Noun1.wild carrot - a widely naturalized Eurasian herb with finely cut foliage and white compound umbels of small white or yellowish flowers and thin yellowish rootswild carrot - a widely naturalized Eurasian herb with finely cut foliage and white compound umbels of small white or yellowish flowers and thin yellowish roots
Daucus carota, Queen Anne's lace
wild flower, wildflower - wild or uncultivated flowering plant
Daucus, genus Daucus - carrot
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