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   carrot

   /ˈkarət/

   noun

   • 1. a tapering orange-coloured root eaten as a vegetable: "roast lamb with peas and carrots"
   • 2. a cultivated plant of the parsley family with feathery leaves, which yields carrots.
   • 3. 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"
   • 4. a nickname for a red-haired person: informal, derogatory "He pulled her red plaits and said in a loud whisper, ‘Carrots! Carrots!’"

   Word Origin late 15th century: from French carotte, from Latin carota, from Greek karōton.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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