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Carrot   /kˈærət/  /kˈɛrət/   Listen
Carrot

noun
1.
Deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant.
2.
Perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions.  Synonyms: cultivated carrot, Daucus carota sativa.
3.
Orange root; important source of carotene.
4.
Promise of reward as in.  "Used the carrot of subsidized housing for the workers to get their vote"



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"Carrot" Quotes from Famous Books



... scream from the libr'ry. Next thing I knew, Margaret, the nurse girl, was standin' in the hall, white as a Sunday shirt, and swingin' back and forth like a wild-carrot stalk in a gale. ...
— The Depot Master • Joseph C. Lincoln
... came to a halt and was immediately surrounded by a howling mob. A few had flowers that they threw at William Philander, while others had supplied themselves with stalks of celery, carrot and beet tops, and similar things, which they sent forward ...
— The Rover Boys in the Air - From College Campus to the Clouds • Edward Stratemeyer
... too, mangel-wurzel and swedes, onion, pea, bean, carrot, parsnip, radish, and beet seeds could be grown here by the same skill, care, and training as they ...
— Three Acres and Liberty • Bolton Hall
... before he could close it; but I soon found that wouldn't work. Pretty soon a can o' milk come and went up in a basket that he let down from his winder. As he leaned out I saw his head, and it was a worse carrot than me own. Then along come a man with a bag o' coal on his back and a bit o' card in his hand with the coal-yard on it and the rat's name underneath, a-lookin' up at the house and scratchin' his head as ...
— The Underdog • F. Hopkinson Smith
... carrot to make a tablespoonful; chop one onion. Place them in a saucepan with three level tablespoonfuls of butter, a bay leaf and a blade of mace. Shake the pan over the fire until the vegetables are slightly browned. Drain off the butter and add to it two level tablespoonfuls ...
— Many Ways for Cooking Eggs • Mrs. S.T. Rorer


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