Carrot
The carrot (pronounced CARE-ot) is a type of root vegetable and a plant. There are different types of carrot. The Latin name of the plant is usually given as Daucus carota. The plant has an edible, orange (crossbred), purple, white, red, or yellow root, and can grow white flowers. Wild carrots grow naturally in Eurasia. Domesticated carrots are grown for food in many parts of the world.
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Scientific classification 
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| Unrecognized taxon (fix): | Apiaceae |
| Genus: | Daucus |
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| Subspecies: | D. c. subsp. sativus
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| Daucus carota subsp. sativus | |
Carrots are grown in the ground, and carrots roots are a common edible vegetable.[1] After cleaning, the roots may be eaten raw or cooked. They are served as part of many dishes.
In Portugal, carrot jam (or Doce de Cenoura in Portuguese) is a speciality.[2]
Carrots are biennial- they take two years to complete their life cycle. In the first year, a carrot will use energy to grow. In the second year, a carrot will grow flowers.[3]
If you eat a lot of carrots for a long time, you can get carotenemia- a medical condition that turns your skin orange. This condition can be fixed.[4]
Images
Raw carrots
Carrots can come in different colors
What they look like before being used for cooking.
Nutrition
Carrots are a moderate source of beta carotene, biotin, vitamin K1, vitamin B6, and potassium. Along with beta-carotene, carrots also have carotenoids another antioxidant helpful to enhance immunity functions and decreased risk of cardiovascular diseases, degenerative diseases and different types of cancers.[5]
Carrot Media
Carrots in a range of colors
β-Carotene structure. Carotene is responsible for the orange colour of carrots.
A "garden" carrot from the Juliana Anicia Codex, a 6th-century AD copy of Dioscorides' 1st-century pharmacopoeia. The facing page states that "the root can be cooked and eaten."
Workers harvesting carrots by hand, Imperial Valley, California, 1948
The carrot fly is a pest of carrot crops.
The seeds of a carrot, possibly Daucus carota subsp. sativus. Cropped from the "3D" picture
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Kintoki carrots, a Japanese cultivar from Kyoto Prefecture
Carrots are often peeled and sliced in cooking
Seedlings shortly after germination
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References
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- ↑ Search 'carrot' on etymonline (in en-US). etymonline. Retrieved 2026-06-28.
- ↑ Jams, jellies and EU insanity | Tim Worstall (in en-GB). The Critic Magazine (2026-04-08). Retrieved 2026-06-28.
- ↑ Bolting in Vegetables | RHS Advice (in en). www.rhs.org.uk. Retrieved 2026-06-28.
- ↑ Paller, Amy S.. Hurwitz Clinical Pediatric Dermatology E-Book: A Textbook of Skin Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence (in en) (2011-05-23)Elsevier Health Sciences. ISBN 978-1-4377-3613-7.
- ↑ Benefits of Carrot | Can Dog Eat It?