Carrot

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"Carrot" is the common name for a root vegetable whose scientific name is Daucus carota and also the name of a punctuation mark with a similarly pointed shape. Figuratively, a "carrot" is a reward, contrasted to the notion of punishment in the expression "carrot and stick."