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10 definitions of flax
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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.
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The skin or fibrous part of the flax plant, when broken and cleaned by hatcheling or combing.
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fiber of the flax plant that is made into thread and woven into linen fabric
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plant of the genus Linum that is cultivated for its seeds and for the fibers of its stem
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A widely cultivated plant, Linum usitatissimum, having pale blue flowers, seeds that yield linseed oil, and slender stems from which a textile fiber is obtained.
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The fine, light-colored textile fiber obtained from this plant.
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Any of various other plants of the genus Linum or of similar or related genera.
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The common name for plants of the genus Linum and for the fiber obtained from the stems of L. usitatissimum.
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One of several plants of other genera, mostly resembling common flax, as the false or white flax (Camelina sativa), mountain flax (Polygala Senega), toadflax (Linaria vulgaris), New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax), which yields a strong fiber, and spurge-flax (Daphne Gnidium).