Carrot
nounnoun: carrot; plural noun: carrots
- 1.a tapering orange-colored root eaten as a vegetable."roast lamb with peas and carrots"
- 2.the cultivated feathery-leaved plant of the parsley family that yields this vegetable.
- 3.an offer of something enticing as a means of persuasion (often contrasted with the threat of something punitive or unwelcome)."carrots will promote cooperation over the environment far more effectively than sticks"
