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Word: Carrot
Speech Type: Noun
late 15th century: from French carotte, from Latin carota, from Greek karōton
ˈkarət
a tapering orange-coloured root eaten as a vegetable
Short Definition:vegetable
Examples:- roast lamb with peas and carrots
- grated carrot
- carrot cake
- carrot juice
a cultivated plant of the parsley family with feathery leaves, which yields carrots.
Short Definition:plant
an offer of something enticing as a means of persuasion (often contrasted with the threat of something punitive or unwelcome)
Short Definition:inducement
Examples:- carrots will promote cooperation over the environment far more effectively than sticks
a nickname for a red-haired person
Short Definition:nickname
Examples:- He pulled her red plaits and said in a loud whisper, ‘Carrots! Carrots!’
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