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A biennial Eurasian plant in the parsley family, widely cultivated as an annual for its edible taproot.

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Usage examples (16)
  • The carrots she crew didn't resemble the ones she bought in the store.
  • carrot and stick
  • Used the carrot of subsidized housing for the workers to get their vote
  • I've tried it in carrot halwa with delicious results.
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  • A "carat" or "karat" is a unit of weight for precious stones, a "caret" is an editing mark that indicates the place for an insert, while a "carrot" is a root vegetable.
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