- a plant, Daucus carota,of the parsley family, having pinnately decompound leaves and umbels of small white or yellow flowers, in its wild form a widespread, familiar weed, and in cultivation valued for its edible root.
- the nutritious, orange to yellow root of this plant, eaten raw or cooked.
- something hoped for or promised as a lure or incentive: To boost productivity, leaders hinted at the carrot of subsidized housing for the workers.
- to treat (furs) with mercuric nitrate preparatory to felting.
- an umbelliferous plant, Daucus carota sativa, with finely divided leaves and flat clusters of small white flowers
- the long tapering orange root of this plant, eaten as a vegetable
- something offered as a lure or incentive
- reward and punishment as methods of persuasion
