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cultivated carrot

cultivated carrot

2.0
A long orange root vegetable that people grow to eat
  • noun
  • /ˈkʌltɪˌveɪtɪd ˈkærət/
  • Specialized
translation icon : zanahoria cultivada
  • Unlike wild relatives, the cultivated carrot produces a sweet, large root ideal for eating raw or cooked.

Examples

  • Farmers grow cultivated carrot varieties with different shapes and flavors.

  • I bought a fresh cultivated carrot from the market.

  • The cultivated carrot is an important vegetable crop in many countries.

  • The cultivated carrots were sweet and crunchy.

  • Farmers grow cultivated carrot varieties for their sweetness and crunchiness.

  • The cultivated carrot is a popular choice for salads due to its vibrant color.

  • I often use cultivated carrot in my dishes because it adds great flavor and nutrition.

Synonyms

carrot
vscultivated carrot
200 1.0

A long orange root vegetable eaten raw or cooked

refers specifically to a widely grown variety of that root vegetable
Daucus carota sativa
vscultivated carrot
  • Specialized
8.7

A carrot grown for its orange root that people eat as a vegetable

is a widely grown variety with a long orange edible root

Surface Forms

cultivated carrot singular
cultivated carrots plural

Morphology

cultivated + carrot

The noun phrase simply combines the adjective 'cultivated' (intentionally tended/grown) with 'carrot' (the edible root), so a learner who knows both words can derive that it means a carrot that has been grown/raised. This adjective+noun composition is literal and cross-linguistically common, with no idiomatic or metaphorical shift, so it is immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.

Etymology

The compound cultivated carrot comes from farmers who picked wild carrot plants and kept planting the best ones until the roots became large and sweet. The word cultivated means 'grown by farmers', so cultivated carrot refers to the carrot we eat, with a long orange root.