1. (

• carrot ,

) deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant ;

2. (

• carrot ,
• cultivated_carrot ,
• Daucus_carota_sativa

) perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions ;

3. (

• carrot

) orange root; important source of carotene ;

4. (

• carrot

) promise of reward as in "carrot and stick"; "used the carrot of subsidized housing for the workers to get their vote" ;