| Noun | 1. | carrot - deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plantroot - (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground | |
| 2. | carrot - perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical deep-orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regionscarrot - orange root; important source of carotene herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests carrot - deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant | |
| 3. | carrot - orange root; important source of caroteneroot vegetable - any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers | |
| 4. | carrot - promise of reward as in "carrot and stick"; "used the carrot of subsidized housing for the workers to get their vote"; | |