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Flax

//flæks// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    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. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    plant of the genus Linum that is cultivated for its seeds and for the fibers of its stem wordnet
  3. 3
    The fibers of Linum usitatissimum, grown to make linen and related textiles. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    fiber of the flax plant that is made into thread and woven into linen fabric wordnet
  5. 5
    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. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English flax, from Old English fleax, from Proto-Germanic *flahsą, from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to plait”). Cognate with Old Frisian flax, Dutch vlas, Old High German flahs (German Flachs); the Northern Germanic (and most likely the Gothic too) stem is different.

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