Queen Anne's lace

American  

noun

1. a plant, Daucus carota, the wild form of the cultivated carrot, having broad umbels of white flowers.

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Queen Anne's lace British  

noun

1. another name for cow parsley

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Etymology

Origin of Queen Anne's lace

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

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Queen Anne's lace

Before long it bloomed with poppies, buttercups and Queen Anne's lace.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 1, 2023

Her face, turned downward, is lightly overlaid with blossoms of Queen Anne’s lace, the afternoon sunlight dappling her back and hair in a pacific, Vermeerian composition.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 24, 2018

Nectar-oozing flowers sprinkle the landscape, showing Oxford daisies, Queen Anne’s lace, St. John’s Wort, mule’s ears and a purple, flowering vetch.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 9, 2016

The bronze solidifies into lacy, abstract forms, like fan coral crossed with Queen Anne's lace.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2015

We waded through Queen Anne’s lace and thick-stalked purple flowers, into dragonflies and the smell of Carolina jasmine so thick I could almost see it circling in the air like golden smoke.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd