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