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noun

Carrot n.

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

The esculent root of cultivated varieties of the plant, usually spindle-shaped, and of a reddish yellow color.

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Etymology of 'Carrot'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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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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