Carrot Definition

kărət
carrots
noun
carrots
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.
Webster's New World
The fleshy, orange-red root of the cultivated strain of this plant (var. sativa), eaten as a vegetable.
Webster's New World
Something offered as an inducement, like a carrot dangled before a donkey's nose.
Webster's New World
Queen Anne's lace.
American Heritage
A reward offered for desired behavior; an inducement.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
idiom
carrot and stick
  • pleasant inducements or promised rewards coupled with threats
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Carrot

Noun

Singular:
carrot
Plural:
carrots

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Origin of Carrot

  • French carotte from Old French garroite from Latin carōta from Greek karōton ker-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle French carotte, from Latin carota.

    From Wiktionary

Carrot Sentence Examples

  • Sow Early Horn carrot; also kidney beans and radishes, on hotbeds.

  • Carrot juice is a great source of vitamin A or carotene.

  • I made the agreement with Zamon and then dangled the carrot in front of Darkyn.

  • Vanilla cakes are the most popular wedding flavor, with marble, chocolate, carrot, and red velvet options also among the top choices.

  • The dipterous garden pests, such as the onion fly, carrot fly and celery fly, can best be kept in check by the use of paraffin emulsions and the treatment of the soil with gas-lime after the crop is lifted.

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Words Starting With

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