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carrotish

carrotish adjective: resembling a carrot.

Adjective

carrotish (comparative more carrotish, superlative most carrotish)

  1. Resembling a carrot.
    • The whole plant has a peculiar carrotish taste, leaving a musky umbelliferous taste.1909, List of Phanerogams and Vascular Cryptogams Found in the Angmagsalik District on the East Coast of Greenland, page 246
    • Both these girls had beautiful brown curls quite in contrast to my carrotish blonde straight hair.1969, Journal, Lancaster County Historical Society, page 171
    Synonyms:
    carroty

Synonyms of carrotish

Forms of carrotish

comparativemore carrotish
superlativemost carrotish

Origin of carrotish

From carrot + -ish.

Questions about carrotish

What does carrotish mean?
Carrotish means resembling a carrot.
What part of speech is carrotish?
Carrotish is an adjective.

Words near carrotish in the dictionary

  1. carrotiest
  2. carrotin
  3. carrotiness
  4. carroting
  5. carrotins
  6. carrotish
  7. carrotless
  8. carrotlike
  9. carrots
  10. carrots and sticks
  11. carrots-and-sticks

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