1、The carrot (Daucus carota) is a root vegetable usually orange or white in color with a woody texture. The edible part of a carrot is a taproot. It is a biennial plant which grows a rosette of leaves in the spring and summer while building up the stout taproot which stores large amounts of sugars for the plant to flower in the second year. The flowering stem grows to about 1 m tall with umbels of white flowers.胡萝卜是一种植物，通常为黄色或与木质纹理颜色白色。胡萝卜的食用部分是根。它是一种草本植物，生长着一丛在春天和夏天的叶子而建立的粗壮的主根，它存储了该厂第二年花大量的糖。开花的茎长到1米高，用白色的花组成的伞状花序。

2、Carrots can be eaten raw whole chopped or grated into salads for color and are also often chopped and cooked in soups and stews. A well known dish is Carrots Julienne. One can also make carrot cake and carrot pudding. The greens are edible as a leaf vegetable but are rarely eaten. Together with onion and celery carrots are one of the primary vegetables used in a mirepoix to make various broths.胡萝卜可以生吃，切碎或磨碎，做成沙拉的颜色，也常在汤煮熟切碎。一个有名的菜是胡萝卜丝。也可以做胡萝卜蛋糕和胡萝卜布丁。绿叶菜可以作为绿叶蔬菜食用，但很少吃。加洋葱和芹菜，胡萝卜是一种用于调味蔬菜做出各种主要蔬菜肉汤。