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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024car•rot /ˈkærət/USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biology[countable] a plant of the parsley family, having fernlike leaves and small white flowers.
- Plant Biologythe long, orange to yellow root of this plant, eaten raw or cooked: [countable]Chop the five carrots into pieces.[uncountable]Take the boiled carrot and strain it.
- something offered as an incentive to encourage someone to do something:[countable]Can you give the union leaders a carrot to bring their members to reason?
car•rot•y, adj.: bright orange, carroty hair. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024car•rot (kar′ət),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologya plant, Daucus carota, of the parsley family, having pinnately decompound leaves and umbels of small white or yellow flowers, in its wild form a widespread, familiar weed, and in cultivation valued for its edible root.
- Plant Biologythe nutritious, orange to yellow root of this plant, eaten raw or cooked.
- something hoped for or promised as a lure or incentive:To boost productivity, leaders hinted at the carrot of subsidized housing for the workers.Cf. stick1 (def. 8).
v.t. - Textilesto treat (furs) with mercuric nitrate preparatory to felting.
- Greek karōtón, derivative of kárē head, with suffix as in kephalōtón onion, derivative of kephalé̄ head
- Late Latin carōta
- Middle French carotte
- 1525–35
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: carrot /ˈkærət/ n - an umbelliferous plant, Daucus carota sativa, with finely divided leaves and flat clusters of small white flowers
- the long tapering orange root of this plant, eaten as a vegetable
- something offered as a lure or incentive
- carrot and stick ⇒ reward and punishment as methods of persuasion
Etymology: 16th Century: from Old French carotte, from Late Latin carōta, from Greek karōton; perhaps related to Greek karē head |