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A root is that part of plant which grows under the soil. Carrot is called a root because it grows under the ground.
Because it grows in the soil. The carrot root, the thing that we eat and we consider a vegetable, will not grow above-ground.

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A root is that part of plant which grows under the soil. Carrot is called a root because it grows under the ground. The carrot root, the thing that we eat and we consider a vegetable, will not grow above-ground.

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The Latin name is "carota" (wild carrots, Daucus carota) from the Greek karoton meaning "horn shaped."

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