carrot : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: carrot	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for carrot
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
carrot n deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions Synonym(s): carrot, cultivated carrot, Daucus carota sativa orange root; important source of carotene promise of reward as in "carrot and stick"; "used the carrot of subsidized housing for the workers to get their vote";
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Carrot \Car"rot\, n. [F. carotte, fr. L. carota; cf. Gr. [?]] 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.