carrot Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant
   
2. noun perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions
   cultivated carrot; Daucus carota sativa.
   
3. noun orange root; important source of carotene
   
4. noun 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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