car·rot
[kar-uht] Show IPAnoun
1.
a plant, Daucus carota, of the parsley family, havingpinnately decompound leaves and umbels of small white oryellow flowers, in its wild form a widespread, familiarweed, and in cultivation valued for its edible root.
2.
the nutritious, orange to yellow root of this plant, eaten rawor cooked.
3.
something hoped for or promised as a lure or incentive: Toboost productivity, leaders hinted at the carrot of subsidized housingfor the workers. Compare stick1 ( def. 8 ) .
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