carroty
Americanadjective
adjective
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of a reddish or yellowish-orange colour
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having red hair
Etymology
Origin of carroty
Example Sentences
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With an intensely carroty flavor and aroma, carrot greens possess the pleasant earthy bitterness common for leafy greens but with a feathery texture that feels like an herb.
From Washington Post • May 26, 2022
While in Shushenskoe, Lenin married a fellow exile, Nadezhda Krupskaya, a thin, hot-eyed girl with carroty hair and many of the strong-minded qualities of the young women in the pages of Chekhov and Turgenev.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Lockett, living at No. 3, had carroty curls that puffed out beneath his curly-brimmed silk hat "in a very three-like way."
From Time Magazine Archive
Maxey Jarman has carroty hair and mustache, a thick Southern drawl and is a Baptist deacon like his father.
From Time Magazine Archive
The cook with his carroty head is begging us to eat; he beckons with his ladle to every one that passes, and spoons him out a great dollop.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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