+381 how does a pointy orange root get the name carrot?! amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It was orginally purple i think

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It was, indeed.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

How does an appendage that sucks in nutrients and water get the name "root?" How does that specific wavelength of light get the name "orange?"

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's better than being called "dildo".

by Anonymous 13 years ago

In Danish they are called "gulerødder", or, literally "yellow-roots" :)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Same in Norwegian, only it's gulrøtter. So that's weirder, concidering it was purple once

by Anonymous 13 years ago

How does a green leafy vegetable that looks like a tree get named Broccoli?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

maybe it means pointy orange root in some langueage

by Anonymous 13 years ago

well that's like saying how did a tree get the name tree...it just is how it is :S

by Anonymous 13 years ago

lol guys i just did carrot because it was on my mind on the time >_<

by Anonymous 13 years ago