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Queen Anne's lace

noun

A widely naturalized Eurasian herb with finely cut foliage and white compound umbels of small white or yellowish flowers and thin yellowish roots. Synonyms: Daucus carota, wild carrot.

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... grew in abundance about the settlement must have given them joy,—arbutus or "mayflowers," wild roses, blue chicory, Queen Anne's lace, purple asters, golden-rod and the beautiful sabbatia or "sentry" which is still found on the banks of the fresh ponds near the town and is called "the Plymouth rose." Edward Winslow tells [Footnote: Relation of the Manners, Customs, etc., of the ...

— The Women Who Came in the Mayflower • Annie Russell Marble

Words linked to "Queen Anne's lace" : wild flower, wildflower, genus Daucus, Daucus, Daucus carota