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Linseed

//ˈlɪnsiːd// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The seed of the flax plant, which yields linseed oil. countable, uncountable

    "The ancients regarded linseed as a source of medical benefits."

  2. 2
    the seed of flax used as a source of oil wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English linseed, lynseed, lynsede, from Old English līnsǣd (“seed of flax”), from līn (“flax”) (from Proto-Germanic *līną (“flax”)) + sǣd (“seed”). By surface analysis, lin + seed.

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