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queen anne's lace

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Queen Anne's lace

–noun
a plant, Daucus carota, the wild form of the cultivated carrot, having broad umbels of white flowers.
Also called wild carrot.


Origin:
1890–95
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Queen Anne's lace  
n.  A widely naturalized Eurasian herb (Daucus carota var. carota) having white, nonfleshy, fusiform compound umbels of small white or yellowish flowers. Also called wild carrot.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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