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Flaxen

//ˈflæk.sən// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Made of or resembling flax fibers.
  2. 2
    A pale yellow brown as of dried flax; blonde.

    "The couple and their children have flaxen hair."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English flaxen, flexon, flexin, from Old English fleaxen (“of flax; flaxen”), equivalent to flax + -en (“made of”). Compare Dutch vlassen.

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