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A biennial Eurasian plant (Daucus carota subsp. sativus) in the parsley family, widely cultivated as an annual for its edible taproot.
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The usually tapering, elongate, fleshy orange root of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.
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Queen Anne's lace.
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A reward offered for desired behavior; an inducement: "The U.S. should use a moratorium on SDI development as a carrot to bring an acceptable offensive arms limitation” ( C. Peter Gall).
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