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

Marriott was quoted a price of $250 each for six arrangements from a florist; instead, she spent $550 on several dozen white ranunculus, sweet peas, lisianthus, Queen Anne’s lace, spray roses and large roses.

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

So are the daisies, the black-eyed Susans, the Queen Anne’s lace, the goldenrod, and the fall asters.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 3, 2017

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

When we finally got to Gus and Bertha’s long gravel driveway, I got off and watched the bus drive away, making the rain-soaked Queen Anne’s lace bob at the edge of the road.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor