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

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

From Scientific American • Sep. 1, 2023

Even more amazing is the rush that comes from racing across a field on the back of an ostrich, braids flying, Queen Anne’s lace speeding by in a blur.

From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2021

The field where Melville grew pumpkins and corn for his horse and cow is a meadow, wild with violets, irises, daisies, clover, bee balm, Queen Anne’s lace, vetch, and chickweed.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 22, 2019

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

That dog must of wet every black-eyed Susan and every head of white Queen Anne’s lace we passed.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns