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Definition of Carrot

1. Noun. Deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant.

2. Noun. Perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions.

3. Noun. Orange root; important source of carotene.

4. Noun. Promise of reward as in. "Used the carrot of subsidized housing for the workers to get their vote"

Definition of Carrot

1. n. An umbelliferous biennial plant (Daucus Carota), of many varieties.

Definition of Carrot

1. Noun. A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, orange, sweet root, ''Daucus carota'' in the Family Apiaceae. ¹

2. Noun. A shade of orange similar to the flesh of carrots. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Carrot

1. an edible orange root [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carrot

carritch carritches carriwitchet carriwitchets carrizo carroch carroches carrollite carrom carromed

carroming carroms carron oil carronade carronades carrot (current term) carrot-and-stick carrot and stick carrot bag carrot cake

carrot cakes carrot cruncher carrot family carrot juice carrot pudding carrot stick carrot top carrot tops carrotier carrotiest

Literary usage of Carrot

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report on the Injurious Insects and Other Animals Observed in the Midland by Walter Edward Collinge (1904)
"As in 1899, the carrot rust-fly, has been very much in evidence in the Midlands during the past year, and this in spite of the very wet season. ..."

2. A History of the Vegetable Kingdom: Embracing the Physiology of Plants, with by William Rhind (1857)
"The culinary and agricultural importance of many species is familiar to all. The parsnip and carrot form a large part of the winter store of the inhabitants ..."

3. Garden Farming by Lee Cleveland Corbett (1913)
"carrot The carrot is one of the garden plants of secondary importance from an ... Botanically, the carrot, Daucus carota, belongs to the great family ..."

4. The Book of the Garden by Charles McIntosh (1855)
"The carrot, in its wild state, is indigenous to many parts of Britain, ... Later authorities think that the carrot was introduced into this country by the ..."

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