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carrot

[ kar-uht ]

noun

  1. a plant, Daucus carota, of the parsley family, having pinnately decompound leaves and umbels of small white or yellow flowers, in its wild form a widespread, familiar weed, and in cultivation valued for its edible root.
  2. the nutritious, orange to yellow root of this plant, eaten raw or cooked.
  3. something hoped for or promised as a lure or incentive: Compare stick 1( def 8 ).

    To boost productivity, leaders hinted at the carrot of subsidized housing for the workers.



verb (used with object)

  1. to treat (furs) with mercuric nitrate preparatory to felting.

carrot

/ ˈ°ìæ°ùÉ™³Ù /

noun

  1. an umbelliferous plant, Daucus carota sativa, with finely divided leaves and flat clusters of small white flowers See also wild carrot
  2. the long tapering orange root of this plant, eaten as a vegetable
    1. something offered as a lure or incentive
    2. reward and punishment as methods of persuasion
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of carrot1

1525–35; < Middle French carotte < Late Latin ³¦²¹°ùųٲ¹ < Greek °ì²¹°ùųÙó²Ô, derivative of °ìá°ùŧ head, with suffix as in °ì±ð±è³ó²¹±ôųÙó²Ô onion, derivative of °ì±ð±è³ó²¹±ôḗ head
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of carrot1

C16: from Old French carotte, from Late Latin ³¦²¹°ùųٲ¹, from Greek °ì²¹°ùųٴDzÔ; perhaps related to Greek °ì²¹°ùŧ head
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Let’s say you find chicken thighs, carrots, half a box of penne, an almost-empty jar of harissa, some butter and heavy cream.

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Take carrots for example — one of my absolute favorites.

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President Putin has dangled the carrot of lucrative joint projects with the Americans involving rare earth minerals and aluminium production.

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A cake made of linseed mash and grass pellets, with a middle layer of grated carrot.

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In some shows, threatening that anyone can die becomes the carrot dangling a few inches out of reach, pulling us from one episode to the next regardless of the writing’s sharpness.

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