carroty

American  

[kar-uh-tee] / ˈkær ə ti /

adjective

1. like a carrot, as in color, flavor, or shape.

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carroty British  

/ ˈkærətɪ /

adjective

1. of a reddish or yellowish-orange colour

2. having red hair

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Etymology

Origin of carroty

First recorded in 1690–1700; carrot + -y ¹

Example Sentences

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

Maxey Jarman has carroty hair and mustache, a thick Southern drawl and is a Baptist deacon like his father.

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

The yolks were a gorgeous carroty shade of orange.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan