carrot

noun

A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae, especially the subspecies sativus.

A shade of orange similar to the flesh of most carrots (also called carrot orange).

(figurative) Any motivational tool; an incentive to do something.

(slang) A redhead; a ginger-haired person

(UK, slang) A police officer from somewhere within the British Isles, but specifically outside of Greater London.

(UK, slang, derogatory) Someone from a rural background.

verb

(transitive) To treat (an animal pelt) with a solution of mercuric nitrate as part of felt manufacture.

Roots

karotoncarrot- · Greek · carrot

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