lacy

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Wildflower Hill at the Theodore Payne Foundation Nursery is thriving with a few species of phacelia, including lavender-blue lacy phacelia and violet Canterbury bells.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

She has two of them, with lacy white- and pink-colored garments bursting out the sliding doors.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025

Ms. Carson, who is wearing a black lacy gown, mutters, “Oh God, whatever,” as she waves her arms in exasperation.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2024

Small, deciduous trees and shrubs, such as the contorted hazelnut or a lacy Japanese maple, live happily in containers for years and look lovely in springtime surrounded by crocus and then tulips.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 16, 2023

Mrs. Weidenbach’s hand plung; d into her bosom and drew up a lacy hanky.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck