Queen Anne's lace
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Queen Anne's lace
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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Everyone in her group was laden with two or three cone-shaped bundles — a couple dozen each of ranunculus, sweet peas, lisianthus, Queen Anne’s lace, spray roses and large roses in ivory and white.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2024
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 Queen Anne’s lace sways on its taproots, and the bees do their steady work.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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