CARROT

carrot

(noun) promise of reward as in “carrot and stick”; “used the carrot of subsidized housing for the workers to get their vote”

carrot

(noun) orange root; important source of carotene

carrot, cultivated carrot, Daucus carota sativa

(noun) perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions

carrot

(noun) deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

carrot (countable and uncountable, plural carrots)

A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, especially the subspecies sativus in the family Apiaceae.

A shade of orange similar to the flesh of most carrots (also called carrot orange).

(figurative) Any motivational tool.

Verb

carrot (third-person singular simple present carrots, present participle carroting, simple past and past participle carroted)

(transitive) To treat (an animal pelt) with a solution of mercuric nitrate as part of felt manufacture.

Anagrams

• trocar

Source: Wiktionary

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Car"rot, n. Etym: [F. carotte, fr. L. carota; cf. Gr.

1. (Bot.)

Definition: An umbelliferous biennial plant (Daucus Carota), of many varieties.

2. The esculent root of cultivated varieties of the plant, usually spindle-shaped, and of a reddish yellow color.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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