Genus Daucus (Noun)
Meaning
Carrot.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Daucus is a genus of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae that includes a wide range of cultivated and wild species, most notably the common carrot.
- The carrot is a domesticated crop that comes from a wild ancestor in the genus Daucus, thought to have been originally from Europe or southwestern Asia.
- The cultivated carrot is a cool-season crop in the genus Daucus that can be grown in a variety of conditions.
- Wild carrot, in the genus Daucus, includes thistles, fennel, cumin, carrot weed, dill weed, arnica and more.
- The domesticated carrot we consume today is believed to have originated from a plant known as Queen Anne's lace, of the genus Daucus.