carrot
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views updated May 14 2018car·rot / ˈkarət/ •
n. 1. a tapering orange-colored root eaten as a vegetable. 2. a cultivated plant (Daucus carota) of the parsley family with feathery leaves, which yields this vegetable. 3. an offer of something enticing as a means of persuasion.
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
carrot
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views updated Jun 08 2018carrot The root of
Daucus carota, commonly used as a vegetable. A 100‐g portion is a rich
source of vitamin A (5–10 mg carotene); provides 2.5 g of dietary fibre and supplies 35 kcal (145 kJ). Peruvian carrot is a legume root, see
arracacha.
A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition DAVID A. BENDER
carrot
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views updated Jun 11 2018carrot Herbaceous, generally
biennial, root vegetable, cultivated widely as a food crop. The edible orange taproot is the plant's store of food for the following year. The plant is topped by delicate fern-like leaves and white or pink flower clusters. Family
Umbelliferae; Species Daucus carota.
World Encyclopedia
carrot
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views updated May 23 2018 A Dictionary of Plant Sciences MICHAEL ALLABY
carrot
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views updated Jun 11 2018carrot XVI. — (O)F.
carotte — L.
carōta — Gr.
karōtón.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD
Carrot
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views updated May 18 2018Carrot
a group of objects in the shape of a carrot.
Example: carrot of tobacco, 1808.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms
