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   Flax
   (Linum) The Linums or Flaxes form a large group of biennial, annual and perennial herbs and sub-shrubs. They form thick, upright tufts up to 2 feet high. The bluish-green foliage is linear to lanceolate and 1 to 2 inches long. The flowers are 1 to 2 inches across and come in shades of red, violet-blue, white with carmine eye, or rose pink. Each flower lasts a short time, but there are so many and they replace each other continually, over a long period. L. alpinum, the Alpine Flax, is a native of...
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   flax
   pale yellow (hair) a plant 
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   Flax
   Flax is a popular name of plants of the genus Linum, natural order Linaceae of which there are roughly 100 species. They are herbs or small shrubs with narrow leaves and yellow, blue or white flowers arranged in variously formed cymes.
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   flax
   [n] - fiber of the flax plant that is made into thread and woven into linen fabric 2. [n] - plant of the genus Linum that is cultivated for its seeds and for the fibers of its stem
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   Flax
   The seeds of the plant are rich in oil. A fibre can be processed from the stem of the plant and can be spun into a thread called linen. Oil Used as a fuel in lamps Thread woven into a strong cloth
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   flax
   A plant whose stems were used to make a cloth called linen. Its blue flowers could be used to make a dye, and its seeds were crushed to produce linseed oil.
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   Flax
   (Linaceae family, Linum genera) A plant grown especially to make linen and linseed oil. This grows wild in Britain - but has long been cultivated. The linen is made by removing parts of the plants by retting, (washing in water to break up a binding resin of the plant), in large pools or troughs. Scutching, (the breaking of the woody stems), was the...
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   flax
   a blue-flowered plant,Linum usitatissimum,cultivated for its textile fibre and its seeds Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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   Flax
   Flax (flăks) noun [ Anglo-Saxon fleax ; akin to Dutch vlas , OHG . flahs , German flachs , and probably to flechten to braid, plait,m twist, Latin plectere to weave, plicare to fold, Greek ... to weave, plait. See Ply .] 1. (Botany) A plant of the genus Linum , esp. the Latin usitatissimum , which ...
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    flax
    1. <botany> A plant of the genus Linum, especially. The L. Usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. The fibre of the bark is used for making thread and cloth, called linen, cambric, lawn, lace, etc. Linseed oil is expressed from the seed. ... 2. The skin or fibrous part of the flax plan ...
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    Flax
    • (n.) A plant of the genus Linum, esp. the L. usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. The fiber of the bark is used for making thread and cloth, called linen, cambric, lawn, lace, etc. Linseed oil is expressed from the seed. • (n.) The skin or fibrous part of the flax plant, when...
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    flax
    (genus Linum usitatissimum), plant of the family Linaceae and its fibre, which is second in importance among the bast fibre (q.v.) group. The flax ... [5 related articles]
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    flax
    flax, common name for members of the Linaceae, a family of annual herbs, especially members of the genus Linum, and for the fiber obtained from such plants. The flax of commerce (several varieties of L. usitatissimum) has been cultivated since prehistoric times (see linen). It was the major source o...
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