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Queen Anne's lace

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A flowering plant, species Daucus carota, especially the flowering part of the plant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 2

Ammi majus (false Queen Anne's lace), native to the Nile River Valley, with white lace-like flower clusters.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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noun

Meaning 3

Anthriscus sylvestris (cow parsley), a herbaceous biennial or short-lived perennial plant in the family Apiaceae.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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noun

Meaning 4

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wild carrot, Daucus carota

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wildflower, wild flower

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Across languages

Translations

4 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: villiporkkana — Daucus carota
  • Galician: centoenrama — Daucus carota
  • Hebrew: גֶּזֶר קִפֵּחַ (gézer qippéaẖ) — Daucus carota
  • Finnish: isosudenporkkana — Ammi majus