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QUEEN ANNE'S LACE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Queen Anne's lace mean? 

QUEEN ANNE'S LACE (noun)
  The noun QUEEN ANNE'S LACE has 1 sense:

1. a widely naturalized Eurasian herb with finely cut foliage and white compound umbels of small white or yellowish flowers and thin yellowish rootsplay

  Familiarity information: QUEEN ANNE'S LACE used as a noun is very rare.


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QUEEN ANNE'S LACE (noun)


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Meaning:

A widely naturalized Eurasian herb with finely cut foliage and white compound umbels of small white or yellowish flowers and thin yellowish roots

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Daucus carota; Queen Anne's lace; wild carrot

Hypernyms ("Queen Anne's lace" is a kind of...):

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

Holonyms ("Queen Anne's lace" is a member of...):

Daucus; genus Daucus (carrot)


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