[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a plant,Daucus carota,of the parsley family, having pinnately decompound leaves and umbels of small white or yellow flowers, in its wild form a widespread, familiar weed, and in cultivation valued for its edible root.", "the nutritious, orange to yellow root of this plant, eaten raw or cooked.", "something hoped for or promised as a lure or incentive:Compare stick1(def8) stick1(def8).To boost productivity, leaders hinted at the carrot of subsidized housing for the workers."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to treat (furs) with mercuric nitrate preparatory to felting."]}]