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CARROTY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does carroty mean?
• CARROTY (adjective)
The adjective CARROTY has 1 sense:
1. resembling the bright orange of the root of the carrot plant
Familiarity information: CARROTY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Resembling the bright orange of the root of the carrot plant
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
a boy with carroty hair
Pertainym:
carrot (orange root; important source of carotene)
Derivation:
carrot (deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant)
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