Carrot
['kærət]
Definition
(noun.) promise of reward as in 'carrot and stick'; 'used the carrot of subsidized housing for the workers to get their vote';.
(noun.) orange root; important source of carotene.
(noun.) perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions.
(noun.) deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant.
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Definition
(n.) An umbelliferous biennial plant (Daucus Carota), of many varieties.
(n.) The esculent root of cultivated varieties of the plant, usually spindle-shaped, and of a reddish yellow color.
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Definition
n. a genus of Umbellifer having a tapering root of a reddish or yellowish colour: the root itself which is edible and sweet.—adj. Carr′oty carrot-coloured applied to the hair.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of carrots, portends prosperity and health For a young woman to eat them, denotes that she will contract an early marriage and be the mother of several hardy children.
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Examples
- Oh, I don't deny he had a spice of the Roylands temper, but as to ambition and enterprise, he might as well have been born a carrot. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The moment he was landed, his late driver with a wave of the carrot, said 'Supper, Eddard! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Some think it must be Carrots, some say the Brick. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It has been probably in this manner that the introduction of clover, turnips, carrots, cabbages, etc. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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