Noun
- 1. carrot, root
- usage: deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant
- 2. carrot, cultivated carrot, Daucus carota sativa, herb, herbaceous plant
- usage: perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions
- 3. carrot, root vegetable
- usage: orange root; important source of carotene
- 4. carrot, reward, reinforcement
- usage: promise of reward as in "carrot and stick"; "used the carrot of subsidized housing for the workers to get their vote";
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