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- Dictionarycarrot/ˈkarət/
noun
- 1. a tapering orange-coloured root eaten as a vegetable: "roast lamb with peas and carrots"
- 2. a cultivated plant of the parsley family with feathery leaves, which yields carrots.
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The meaning of CARROT is a biennial herb (Daucus carota of the family Apiaceae synonym Umbelliferae, the carrot family) with a usually orange spindle-shaped edible root; also : its root. How to use carrot in a sentence.
Learn the meaning of carrot as a vegetable and a reward, with examples of usage and pronunciation. Find out how to say carrot in different languages and idioms.
Daucus sativus(Hoffm.) The carrot (Daucus carota subsp. sativus) is a root vegetable, typically orange in color, though heirloom variants including purple, black, red, white, and yellow cultivars exist, [ 2 ][ 3 ] all of which are domesticated forms of the wild carrot, Daucus carota, native to Europe and Southwestern Asia.
A carrot is a plant with an edible root, or a reward or incentive for doing something. Learn about its origin, history, and usage in sentences from various sources.
Definition of carrot noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A carrot is an orange-coloured vegetable that grows in the ground, or a reward offered to someone to encourage them to do something. Learn more about the word carrot, its pronunciation, idioms and translations in different languages.
1. a plant, Daucuscarota, of the parsley family, having fernlike leaves and umbels of small white flowers. 2. the orange to yellow root of this plant, eaten raw or cooked. 3. something offered as an incentive.
