carrot

car·rot  (krt)

n.

1. A biennial Eurasian plant (Daucus carota subsp. sativus) in the parsley family, widely cultivated as an annual for its edible taproot.

2. The usually tapering, elongate, fleshy orange root of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.

3. Queen Anne's lace.

4. A reward offered for desired behavior; an inducement: "The U.S. should use a moratorium on SDI development as a carrot to bring an acceptable offensive arms limitation" (C. Peter Gall).

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[French carotte, from Old French garroite, from Latin carta, from Greek karton; see ker-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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carrot

Noun

1. a long tapering orange root vegetable

2. something offered as an incentive [Greek karōton]

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Carrot a group of objects in the shape of a carrot.

Example: carrot of tobacco, 1808.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	carrot - deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant cultivated carrot, Daucus carota sativa, carrot - perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions root - (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground
	2.	carrot - perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions cultivated carrot, Daucus carota sativa carrot - orange root; important source of carotene herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests Daucus, genus Daucus - carrot carrot - deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant
	3.	carrot - orange root; important source of carotene root vegetable - any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers cultivated carrot, Daucus carota sativa, carrot - perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions
	4.	carrot - promise of reward as in "carrot and stick"; "used the carrot of subsidized housing for the workers to get their vote"; reward, reinforcement - an act performed to strengthen approved behavior

Translations

carrot [ˈkærət] n → zanahoria

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carrot [ˈkærət] n → carotte f

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carrot [ˈkærət] n → Möhre f, Mohrrübe f, Karotte f (fig); Köder m

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carrot [ˈkærət] n → carota

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carrot

n carrot [ˈkӕrət]

(a vegetable with) an edible, orange, pointed root. wortel جَزَر морков mrkev gulerod die Möhre καρότο zanahoria porgand هویج porkkana carotte גֶזֶר गाजर mrkva sárgarépa wortel gulrót carota 人参 당근 morka burkāns lobak wortel gulrot marchew cenoura morcov морковь mrkva korenje šargarepa morot แครอท havuç 胡蘿蔔 морква گاجر củ cà rốt 胡萝卜