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carrot Definition

car·rot (kar′ət)

noun

  1. a biennial plant (Daucus carota) of the umbel family, with fernlike leaves and compound umbels of white flowers, usually with one red flower in the center: only the cultivated variety is edible
  2. the fleshy, orange-red root of the cultivated strain of this plant (var. sativa), eaten as a vegetable
  3. something offered as a tantalizing but deceptive inducement, like a carrot dangled before a donkey's nose

Etymology: MFr carotte < L carota < Gr karōton, carrot; akin to kara, head: see horn

carrot Idioms

carrot and stick

pleasant inducements or promised rewards coupled with threats

carrot Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • grate: Also great with grated carrot or chopped sweet peppers.
  • dangle: How to buy Yourself all The Largo you gripe By dangling a carrot.
  • chop: One hour after starting the meat broth: Roughly chop the carrots.
  • dice: Add peeled and diced carrots and potatoes, chopped onions, salt, pepper, bay leaf, tomato sauce and parsley.
  • peel: Most Mums probably prepare veg most days, if you are standing still peeling carrots why not peel and squeeze?
  • sow: If you started sowing carrots earlier in the year with cloche protection, some of them may need thinning for end of March onwards.

Adjective modifier

  • shredded: Introducing Food after the Tissue Cleansing Treatment FIRST DAY Breakfast: Shredded carrots, slightly wilted, or stewed apple.
  • crunchy: The first products to appear in school will be small'sweet and crunchy carrots ' and'delicious cherry tomatoes ' .
  • raw: At the end of the 4 weeks the processed carrots still had more oxidative power than raw carrots.
  • wild: Banks of wild flowers - centaury, wild carrot, harebell, bird's foot trefoil, purging flax and thrift adorn the route.
  • purple: Pigment Power in Carrot Color Have you ever seen a purple carrot?
  • organic: A kilo of organic carrots at £ 1.50 can be the basis of several nutritious dishes.

Modifies a noun

  • mottle: Further evidence on the nature of the dependence of carrot mottle virus on carrot red leaf virus for transmission by aphids.
  • cake: Choose from fruit cake, Belgian chocolate, citrus or carrot cake.
  • juice: Many people mix carrot juice with beet juice for helping with liver problems.
  • fly: Carrot root fly is the worst of these pests.
  • stick: Beware, nowadays you might be faced with a few carrot sticks!
  • soup: Ring the changes and add a pinch of pounded, lightly toasted coriander seeds in creamy carrot soup.

Noun used with modifier

  • maincrop: Compo Replies: 50 Views: 1223 Forum: Seasonal tips Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 10:05 pm Subject: maincrop carrots?
  • baby: Baby summer carrots are best cooked whole, without peeling.