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- Dictionarycarrot/ˈkarət/
noun
- 1. a tapering orange-coloured root eaten as a vegetable: "roast lamb with peas and carrots"
- 2. a cultivated plant of the parsley family with feathery leaves, which yields carrots.
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Jul 4, 2024 · Carrot, herbaceous, generally biennial plant that produces an edible taproot. Carrots are commonly grown as annual plants and can be eaten fresh or cooked. The roots are a good source of the nutrient carotene. Learn more about the domestication and cultivation of the carrot plant.
Jul 8, 2024 · Eating three servings of baby carrots every week can give a significant boost of beneficial vitamins that reduce the risk of disease, a new study found.
Jul 9, 2024 · Generally, strong-smelling vegetables like chives, garlic, and onion help repel carrot flies and other insects. In turn, the carrot plant draws predator insects like wasps to its flowers, essentially killing off small pests that attack its neighbors. Now, there’s one for interesting carrot facts.
Jul 10, 2024 · What is Carrot, Gajar? Carrot have a long, narrow, cylindrical cone shape root, but they are also found in other varieties that may be thick and short in shape, or that are orange, red, purple, yellow, or white in color. The carrot has a sweet flavor and is one of the most popular versatile root vegetables.
Jul 24, 2024 · A caron [a] is a diacritic mark ( ̌) commonly placed over certain letters in the orthography of some languages to indicate a change of the related letter's pronunciation. The symbol is common in the Baltic, Slavic, Finnic, Samic and Berber languages. The use of the caron differs according to the orthographic rules of a language.
Jul 22, 2024 · Scott Thompson (born February 25, 1965), known professionally as Carrot Top, is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He is widely known for his use of prop comedy . Early life
Jul 4, 2024 · Carrots have a high content of carotenoids: naturally-occurring chemicals that accumulate in the roots of vegetables, and are responsible for colouring. Research has linked high levels of these with a reduced risk of certain chronic diseases, as well as an improved immune system.
Jul 18, 2024 · Carrots were first cultivated in Persia in the 10th century and they were purple, yellow or red and mutations over time were cultivated to create a rainbow of colors, including today’s common...
Jul 10, 2024 · How are carrots harvested? A viral video shows farmers handpicking the veggies while in an interesting position. Before today I would've assumed, probably like many of you, that carrots were harvested at big farms by using some kind of machine that would run over the rows of root veggies, pulling them up as it passed.
Jul 2, 2024 · Carrots are the 10p vegetable that could save your life. Your grandparents weren’t wrong about this humble vegetable for your eye health, but how else can they boost your wellbeing?...
