Carrot
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| Carrot | |
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| Harvested carrots | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Genus: | Daucus |
| Species: | D. carota |
| Binomial name | |
| Daucus carota L. |
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Carrots are a type of plant. Many different types exist. The Latin name of the plant is usually given as Daucus carota. Many people use it as a vegetable. The plant has an edible, orange root, and usually white flowers. Wild carrots grow naturally in Eurasia. Domesticated carrots are grown for food in many parts of the world.
In Portugal, carrot jam is a speciality.
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Wild carrot
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Carrots come in different colors
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What they look like before being used for cooking.
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