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Webster 1913 Edition


Carrot

Car′rot

,
Noun.
[F.
carotte
, fr. L.
carota
; cf. Gr. [GREEK]]
1.
(Bot.)
An umbelliferous biennial plant (
Daucus Carota
), of many varieties.
2.
The esculent root of cultivated varieties of the plant, usually spindle-shaped, and of a reddish yellow color.

Webster 1828 Edition


Carrot

CARROT

,
Noun.
An esculent root, of the genus Daucus, cultivated for the table and for cattle.

Definition 2024


carrot

carrot

English

Carrots

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Noun

carrot (countable and uncountable, plural carrots)

  1. A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, especially the subspecies sativus in the family Apiaceae.
  2. A shade of orange similar to the flesh of most carrots.
    carrot colour:    
  3. A motivational tool.

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  • carrot in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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