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flax
/flæks/
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What does flax mean?
noun
- A plant of the genus Linum, especially Linum usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. Also known as linseed, especially when referring to the seeds.
- The fibers of Linum usitatissimum, grown to make linen and related textiles.
- A flax bush, a plant of the genus Phormium, native to New Zealand, with strap-like leaves up to 3 metres long that grow in clumps.
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proper noun
- A surname.
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The men hoe the gardens and grow the millet and barley for food, and the flax for cloth.
A cellar well filled with apples is more valuable than a chamber filled with flax and wool.
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Foreign materials are, upon this account, sometimes allowed to be imported duty-free; spanish wool, for example, flax, and raw linen yarn.
“But before you go, tell me about your hair. Elnora’s hair is bright and wavy, but yours is silky as hackled flax. How do you do it?”
There is one plant that serves the natives instead of hemp and flax, and which excels all that are applied to the same purposes in other countries.