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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 roots
Familiarity information: QUEEN ANNE'S LACE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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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