Assertion: carrot | /r/HasProperty | white
Facets:
value: originally
type: OTHER
value: during these periods
type: TEMPORAL
value: with a thin root
type: OTHER
value: in color
type: OTHER
value: probably
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Carrots were also probably White throughout these periods, often confused with Parsnips (also white).
text: This may seem odd given that the average modern carrot is about seven inches long and bright orange while a parsnip is off white, usually fatter and can grow up to 3 feet, but this distinction was much less obvious as carrots were also an off white colour (or purple) during these periods before early modern plant breeders got to work.
text: Carrots were originally white or purple.
text: We think of carrots as orange, but they can also be white, yellow, red, and purple.
text: Carrots can be yellow, white, orange, red or purple in color.
text: Before then, carrots were purple, red, white, yellow, or black.
text: Originally, carrots were purple, white, red, yellow, and black.
text: They were purple, red, white, and yellow, but never orange.
text: Though most people envision an orange vegetable when picturing a carrot, carrots were originally purple or white.
text: It is considered that Carrots were originally purple or white with a thin root, then a mutant occurred which removed the purple pigmentation resulting in a new race of yellow carrots, from which orange carrots were subsequently developed.
text: Though most people envision an orange vegetable when picturing a carrot, carrots were originally purple or white.
text: The first carrots cultivated were purple, yellow, or white.
text: Carrots are most commonly orange in color, but can also be white, purple, yellow, or red.
text: Carrots were originally either purple or white.
text: It is considered that Carrots were originally purple or white with a thin root, then a mutant occurred which removed the purple pigmentation resulting in a new race of yellow carrots.
text: The first carrots were white, purple and yellow - not orange.