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 Definitions of carrot  [ˈkær ət]  

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Definition of 'carrot' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) carrot
a plant, Daucuscarota, of the parsley family, having fernlike leaves and umbels of small white flowers.

2.  carrot
the orange to yellow root of this plant, eaten raw or cooked.

3.  carrot
something offered as an incentive.

Etymology:  (1525–35; < MF carotte < LL carōta < Gk karōtón, der. of kárē head)

Definition of 'carrot' Princeton's WordNet 

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

2. (noun) carrot, cultivated carrot, Daucus carota sativa
perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions

3. (noun) carrot
orange root; important source of carotene

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


Definition of 'carrot' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) carrot
a long orange vegetable


Definition of 'carrot' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) carrot
an umbelliferous biennial plant (Daucus Carota), of many varieties

2. (noun) carrot
the esculent root of cultivated varieties of the plant, usually spindle-shaped, and of a reddish yellow color


Translation of 'carrot' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (a vegetable with) an edible, orange, pointed root.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: wortel Arabic flag Arabic: جَزَر Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: морков
Brazilian flag Brazilian: cenoura Czech flag Czech: mrkev German flag German: die Möhre
Danish flag Danish: gulerod Greek flag Greek: καρότο Spanish flag Spanish: zanahoria
Estonian flag Estonian: porgand Farsi flag Farsi: هویج Finnish flag Finnish: porkkana
French flag French: carotte Hebrew flag Hebrew: גֶזֶר Hindi flag Hindi: गाजर
Croatian flag Croatian: mrkva Hungarian flag Hungarian: sárgarépa Indonesian flag Indonesian: wortel
Icelandic flag Icelandic: gulrót Italian flag Italian: carota Japanese flag Japanese: 人参
Korean flag Korean: 당근 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: morka Latvian flag Latvian: burkāns
Malay flag Malay: lobak Dutch flag Dutch: wortel Norwegian flag Norwegian: gulrot
Polish flag Polish: marchew Persian flag Persian: هویج Pashto flag Pashto: ګازړه، زردكه (كاجره)
Portuguese flag Portuguese: cenoura Romanian flag Romanian: morcov Russian flag Russian: морковь
Slovak flag Slovak: mrkva Slovenian flag Slovenian: korenje Serbian flag Serbian: šargarepa
Swedish flag Swedish: morot Thai flag Thai: แครอท Turkish flag Turkish: havuç
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 胡蘿蔔 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: морква Urdu flag Urdu: گاجر
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: củ cà rốt Chinese flag Chinese: 胡萝卜

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