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