carrot Definition

carrot
noun

1. A biennial plant with divided leaves, small white, pink, or yellow flowers borne in dense flat-topped clusters, and an edible orange root.
2. The large fleshy orange root of this plant, eaten raw in salads or cooked as a vegetable.
3. colloq
Something offered as an incentive.
Example: The promise of an extra week's holiday was the carrot she needed to finish the job

Derivative: carroty
adj

Said of hair: having a strong reddish colour.

Etymology: 16c: from French carrotte, from Latin carota, from Greek karaton.