Definitions
Orange root vegetable used raw, cooked, or in soup.
Word origin
Inherited from Middle English karette and Middle French carotte, both from Latin carōta, from Ancient Greek καρωτόν (karōtón). Doublet of carotte and related to caraway. Displaced native Middle English more, from Old English more, moru (“edible root, parsnip, carrot”), related to German Möhre (“carrot”).
Used in a sentence
“In general, beets, carrots, and turnips are all of aphrodisiac value in erotic dietary.”
“Essentially, lawmakers replaced the sticks with carrots.”
“In 2022, when the Biden administration finally succeeded in passing a major climate bill, it consisted almost entirely of carrots—tax credits and subsidies for green energy.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer4 curated clues
01“Crunchy orange vegetable”6 letters
02“Crunchy root for soup”6 letters
03“Orange vegetable in soup”6 letters
04“Orange root vegetable”6 letters
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