carrot

n 1: deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant

2: perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many

varieties for its long conical deep-orange edible roots;

temperate and tropical regions [syn: {cultivated carrot},

{Daucus carota sativa}]

3: orange root; important source of carotene

4: promise of reward as in "carrot and stick"; "used the carrot

of subsidized housing for the workers to get their vote"