A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, especially the subspecies sativus in the family Apiaceae.

(transitive) To treat (an animal pelt) with a solution of mercuric nitrate as part of felt manufacture.

plural of carrot

(UK, slang, derogatory) A redhead.

A process in the manufacture of felt in which the animal pelt is treated with a solution of mercuric nitrate.

simple past tense and past participle of carrot

plural of carroter

One who carries out the carroting process upon animal pelts.

(informal, derogatory) A person with red hair; a redhead.

Alternative form of carrot and stick (more common in UK than in US)