carrot
carrot Lexical Profile
• noun
A long, tapering, typically orange root of a cultivated plant, widely eaten raw or cooked as a vegetable.
"She chopped a fresh carrot and added it to the boiling chicken soup."
A biennial plant of the parsley family (Daucus carota) that produces the edible carrot root, featuring feathery leaves and umbels of small white flowers.
"The farmer devoted two entire acres to growing carrots for the local market."
A promised reward or advantage offered as an incentive, often used metaphorically in contrast to a threat of punishment.
"The company offered a generous bonus as a carrot to encourage early retirement among its senior staff."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle French 'carotte', via Late Latin 'carota', ultimately from Greek 'karōton'.
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