Queen Anne's lace

American  

noun

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

---

Queen Anne's lace British  

noun

1. another name for cow parsley

---

Etymology

Origin of Queen Anne's lace

First recorded in 1890–95

---

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

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

Single and mixed bouquets of red, yellow and white carnations, purple roses, goldenrod, chubby pink ranunculus, delicate Queen Anne’s lace and buttery acacia stand in tall, cylindrical glass vases.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 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

This time the ornaments were nature’s brilliant red-and-yellow necklaces of bittersweet, pungent pinecones, wine-red clusters of sumac berries, abandoned bird-bodied boats of milkweed, delicate thumb-size goblets of Queen Anne’s lace.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

---