car|rot

car|rot
car|rot «KAR uht», noun, verb.
–n.
1. a plant which has a long, tapering, orange-red root. It belongs to the parsley family.
2. its root, which is eaten as a vegetable, either cooked or raw.
3. Figurative. a reward or gain, especially one that is tantalizing and hard to attain: »

The capital grants…are a juicy carrot to hang before boards that are contemplating expansion (New York Times).

–v.t. efu>to prepare (fur) for felting by subjecting it to chemical action, usually with mercuric nitrate.
╂[< Middle French carotte, learned borrowing from Latin carōta]

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