flax

Definitions


[flaks], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a blue-flowered herbaceous plant that is cultivated for its seed (linseed) and for textile fibre made from its stalks


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Origin:
Old English flæx, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlas and German Flachs, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin plectere and Greek plekein ‘to plait, twist’




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